Katara
Katara was the 3547th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2574th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,664 places. More babies were named Katara in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,547 girls, down 875 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 43girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202469 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,479babies recorded
Katara popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,547 | 43 |
| 2020 | #2,672 | 63 |
| 2010 | #3,546 | 45 |
| 2000 | #5,066 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,754 | 28 |
| 1980 | #3,910 | 20 |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Katara, counting every spelling?
Katara has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Katara?
43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Katara (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Katara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Katara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Katara?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Katara are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 7 and 35. That makes Katara mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Katara by state
How common Katara was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Katara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Katara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Katara
How popular is the name Katara?
Katara was the 3547th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2574th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,664 places. More babies were named Katara in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Katara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Katara in the US.
Where is Katara most popular?
In 2021–2025, Katara was most common in Virginia (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and North Carolina.