Name profile

Katharina

German form of Katherine.

PronunciationGerman /ka.ta.ˈʁiː.na/; Swedish /ka.ta.ˈriː.na/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#6,325

Meaning and history

Katharina is the German form of Katherine.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 22 births, rank #5,906
2007: 30 births, rank #4,808
2008: 26 births, rank #5,434
2009: 24 births, rank #5,709
2010: 25 births, rank #5,414
20112011: 16 births, rank #7,436
2012: 28 births, rank #4,957
2013: 21 births, rank #6,017
2014: 21 births, rank #5,993
2015: 30 births, rank #4,584
20162016: 20 births, rank #6,186
2017: 20 births, rank #6,044
2018: 17 births, rank #6,792
2019: 16 births, rank #7,025
2020: 21 births, rank #5,667
20212021: 20 births, rank #5,955
2022: 20 births, rank #5,984
2023: 11 births, rank #8,989
2024: 15 births, rank #7,251
20252025: 18 births, rank #6,325

Katharina rose from #944 to #869 for girls between 1886 and 1888. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 10.