Girl · Name family
Katherine
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- Catherine 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katherine 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Kathryn 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Catalina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katrina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katarzyna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katharine 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Ekaterina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Caterina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katharina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katrine 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Cathryn 🇺🇸🏴🇨🇦🇮🇪
- Katarina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Catharine 🇺🇸🏴🇨🇦
- Kathrine 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Katerina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Katalina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Catrina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Cathrine 🇺🇸🏴🇨🇦🇦🇺
- Katrin 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Kathrin 🇺🇸🇦🇷🇦🇹
- Katherina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇨🇦
- Kathryne 🇺🇸🏴🇨🇦
- Catarina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
3,096,126births recorded
29Countries
41Variants
1988Peak · Austria
#44Czechia 2025
Katherine is a girl name family recorded 3,096,126 times in 29 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Czechia (#44 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Austria in 1988, at 2,489.1 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Catherine (United States, France, Ontario), Catalina (Argentina, Chile), Katarzyna (Poland).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Katherine
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | French | 669,611 | 🇺🇸 United States | #313 | 1909 | ▼ 40 % |
| Catherine | French | 394,885 | 🇫🇷 France | #1211 | 1962 | ▲ 8 % |
| Catherine | French | 36,644 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #400 | 1956 | ▼ 60 % |
| Catherine | French | 22,641 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #273 | 1964 | ▼ 39 % |
| Catherine | French | 20,055 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #484 | 1990 | ▼ 78 % |
| Catherine | French | 14,080 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1963 | – |
| Katherine | English | 652,750 | 🇺🇸 United States | #186 | 1887 | ▼ 46 % |
| Katherine | English | 23,228 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #352 | 1984 | ▼ 68 % |
| Katherine | English | 11,559 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #552 | 1995 | ▼ 40 % |
| Katherine | English | 11,363 | 🏴 England & Wales | #872 | 1996 | ▼ 74 % |
| Katherine | English | 7,670 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1982 | – |
| Katherine | English | 5,623 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | #592 | 1985 | ▼ 87 % |
| Kathryn | English | 456,515 | 🇺🇸 United States | #729 | 1951 | ▼ 58 % |
| Kathryn | English | 14,465 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1952 | – |
| Kathryn | English | 8,357 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1965 | – |
| Kathryn | English | 4,791 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2787 | 1996 | ▼ 75 % |
| Kathryn | English | 3,099 | 🇦🇺 South Australia | – | 1962 | – |
| Kathryn | English | 3,076 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1958 | – |
| Catalina | Spanish | 89,068 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #31 | 1922 | ▲ 115 % |
| Catalina | Spanish | 47,512 | 🇨🇱 Chile | – | 2003 | – |
| Catalina | Spanish | 33,016 | 🇺🇸 United States | #111 | 2025 | ▲ 173 % |
| Catalina | Spanish | 1,700 | 🇫🇷 France | #530 | 2021 | ▲ 114 % |
| Catalina | Spanish | 1,377 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #19 | 2011 | ▲ 217 % |
| Catalina | Spanish | 1,020 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #63 | 2024 | – |
| Katrina | English | 101,731 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2214 | 1980 | ▼ 59 % |
| Katrina | English | 5,628 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1981 | – |
| Katrina | English | 4,600 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1181 | 1992 | ▼ 45 % |
| Katrina | English | 2,216 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2277 | 1996 | ▼ 64 % |
| Katrina | English | 1,892 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1977 | – |
| Katrina | English | 1,823 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | #592 | 1985 | ▼ 31 % |
| Katarzyna | Polish | 47,057 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #92 | 2000 | ▼ 62 % |
| Katarzyna | Polish | 721 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1998 | – |
| Katarzyna | Polish | 228 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2008 | – |
| Katarzyna | Polish | 58 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1991 | – |
| Katarzyna | Polish | 46 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2013 | – |
| Katarzyna | Polish | 25 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1998 | – |
| Katharine | English | 41,241 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4878 | 1887 | ▼ 66 % |
| Katharine | English | 2,758 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1982 | – |
| Katharine | English | 1,122 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 1997 | – |
| Katharine | English | 444 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1925 | – |
| Katharine | English | 382 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1987 | – |
| Katharine | English | 106 | 🇨🇦 Alberta | – | 1981 | – |
| Ekaterina | Russian | 34,673 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #178 | 1990 | ▼ 68 % |
| Ekaterina | Russian | 1,003 | 🇺🇸 United States | #5917 | 2005 | ▼ 44 % |
| Ekaterina | Russian | 204 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2011 | – |
| Ekaterina | Russian | 196 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | – | 1991 | – |
| Ekaterina | Russian | 120 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2012 | – |
| Ekaterina | Russian | 83 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 1986 | – |
| Caterina | Italian | 23,480 | 🇮🇹 Italy | – | 2015 | – |
| Caterina | Italian | 6,260 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #864 | 2004 | ▼ 64 % |
| Caterina | Italian | 3,017 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4661 | 2014 | ▼ 29 % |
| Caterina | Italian | 1,075 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1968 | – |
| Caterina | Italian | 495 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1969 | – |
| Caterina | Italian | 265 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #332 | 2024 | ▲ 4 % |
| Katharina | German | 26,726 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #52 | 1989 | ▼ 52 % |
| Katharina | German | 2,121 | 🇺🇸 United States | #6325 | 1888 | ▼ 33 % |
| Katharina | German | 612 | 🇩🇪 Germany (large cities) | #160 | 2018 | – |
| Katharina | German | 525 | 🇫🇷 France | #6149 | 2000 | ▲ 27 % |
| Katharina | German | 508 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #1013 | 2005 | ▼ 74 % |
| Katharina | German | 289 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2004 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Catherine ↔ Katherine — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Kathryn — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Catalina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Caterina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Catarina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Ekaterina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Katarina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Katharina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Catrina — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Kateryna — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Katarzyna — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Katalin — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Katrine — checked by hand
- Catherine ↔ Kathrine — checked by hand
Questions about Katherine
How popular is the name Katherine?
In 2025 it ranked #44 in Czechia. Official registers record 3,096,126 births across 29 countries.
What is Katherine in other languages?
Catherine (French); Kathryn (English); Catalina (Spanish); Katrina (English); Katarzyna (Polish); Katharine (English); Ekaterina (Russian); Caterina (Italian); Katharina (German); Katrine (French).
When was Katherine most popular?
It peaked in Austria in 1988, at 2,489.1 births per 100,000.
Is Katherine a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Katherine is a girl name.