Katrina
Katrina was the 2226th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 87th; the most babies were born in 1980 (3,397). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,093 places. More babies were named Katrina in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning form of Catherine · English, Greek
Say it kuh-TREE-nuh /kəˈtɹinə/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,226 girls, down 642 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 83girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19803,397 babies
- Total since 1880
- 101,731babies recorded
What does the name Katrina mean?
Katrina is a variant of Catherine, as Wiktionary notes, from forms such as Katarina and Katrine used in Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Scotland. Catherine is from Greek Aikaterinē, of uncertain origin; DMNES notes it is unrelated to Greek katharos 'pure'. Katrina was popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s; its use fell sharply after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterinē) (Ancient Greek, “Catherine”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Catherine, Katarina, Katrine, Trina.
See also: Greek names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Katrina', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Katherine', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Nicknames for Katrina
The usual nicknames for Katrina are Trina and Kat. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Katrina in the last five years, 13 were named Trina, against 8 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trina | Traditional | #8,315 | 72 |
| Kat · also for Katherine, Kathryn | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Katrinas go by each one.
Katrina popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 238 since 1962.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,226 | 83 |
| 2020 | #1,584 | 133 |
| 2010 | #856 | 314 |
| 2000 | #236 | 1,357 |
| 1990 | #127 | 2,479 |
| 1980 | #90 | 3,397 |
| 1970 | #151 | 2,213 |
| 1960 | #344 | 770 |
| 1950 | #602 | 193 |
| 1940 | #1,257 | 35 |
| 1930 | #1,842 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,321 | 16 |
| 1910 | #2,026 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Katrina, counting every spelling?
Katrina is the most common spelling of a name family that had 95 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katrina | 83 | #2,226 | 575 |
| Catrina | 12 | #8,464 | 55 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Katrina?
83 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Katrina (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Katrina 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 101 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Katrina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Katrina?
About 95,400 people born in the US named Katrina are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 34 and 52. That makes Katrina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Katrina by state
How common Katrina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (2.4×), Ohio (1.6×). In 34 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 Katrina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Katrina, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Katrina · Sibling names for Katrina
Questions about the name Katrina
What does Katrina mean?
Katrina means “form of Catherine” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Katrina?
Katrina was the 2226th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 87th; the most babies were born in 1980 (3,397). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,093 places. More babies were named Katrina in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Katrina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Katrina in the US.
Where is Katrina most popular?
In 2021–2025, Katrina was most common in Pennsylvania (0.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Washington.