Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Katana

#4,850 most common girls' name of all time · #8,220 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among girls
#4,850
Rank overall
#8,220 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,771
Since 2016
626
Peak year
2023 #2,327
Best rank
#2,327 2023
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
1960198020002020

Katana first appears in 1958. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 45 — 45 #3,405
2024 69 — 69 #2,570
2023 79 — 79 #2,327
2022 66 — 66 #2,647
2021 69 — 69 #2,544
2020 56 — 56 #2,900
2019 60 — 60 #2,798
2018 66 — 66 #2,623
2017 61 — 61 #2,790
2016 55 — 55 #3,023
2015 65 — 65 #2,720
2014 56 — 56 #3,017
2013 49 — 49 #3,281
2012 53 — 53 #3,144
2011 48 — 48 #3,364
2010 45 — 45 #3,536
2009 62 — 62 #2,839
2008 42 — 42 #3,809
2007 61 — 61 #2,943
2006 39 — 39 #3,874
2005 45 — 45 #3,378
2004 63 — 63 #2,632
2003 49 — 49 #3,059
2002 34 — 34 #3,843
2001 44 — 44 #3,166
2000 47 — 47 #2,995
1999 50 — 50 #2,756
1998 53 — 53 #2,592
1997 25 — 25 #4,277
1996 34 — 34 #3,387
1995 24 — 24 #4,272
1994 12 — 12 #7,250
1993 16 — 16 #5,783
1992 12 — 12 #7,215
1991 15 — 15 #6,064
1990 14 — 14 #6,256
1989 12 — 12 #6,667
1988 6 — 6 #10,763
1985 5 — 5 #11,188
1984 9 — 9 #7,044
1983 6 — 6 #9,422
1982 5 — 5 #11,083
1979 7 — 7 #8,419
1978 7 — 7 #8,003
1973 6 — 6 #7,853
1972 6 — 6 #7,784
1970 7 — 7 #6,751
1961 5 — 5 #7,269
1958 7 — 7 #5,386