Kateri
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
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
| Decade | girls named Kateri | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 87 | |
| 1960s | 180 | |
| 1970s | 202 | |
| 1980s | 442 | |
| 1990s | 457 | |
| 2000s | 426 | |
| 2010s | 494 | |
| 2020s | 194 |
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.
- Elanapeak 2006
- Elisiapeak 2000
- Noemipeak 2023
- Ilanapeak 1992
- Shoshanapeak 2022
- Jordanapeak 2009
- Annalisapeak 2005
- Danahpeak 2012
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.