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Kateri

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Kateri is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
370.00% of girls
Peak year
198065 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1937
2,498people given the name
Babies named Kateri, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,498 girls have been named Kateri in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 65 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2010s alone account for 20%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Kateri
1930s5
1940s11
1950s87
1960s180
1970s202
1980s442
1990s457
2000s426
2010s494
2020s194

In 1980, its biggest year

Kateri was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.

Names that rose and fell with Kateri

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.