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.

Katara

#5,439 most common girls' name of all time · #9,216 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#5,439
Rank overall
#9,216 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,479
Since 2016
482
Peak year
2024 #2,572
Best rank
#2,572 2024
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
198020002020

Katara first appears in 1971. 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 43 — 43 #3,546
2024 69 — 69 #2,572
2023 59 — 59 #2,864
2022 55 — 55 #3,011
2021 65 — 65 #2,654
2020 63 — 63 #2,668
2019 41 — 41 #3,691
2018 27 — 27 #4,925
2017 31 — 31 #4,519
2016 29 — 29 #4,778
2015 26 — 26 #5,188
2014 20 — 20 #6,297
2013 43 — 43 #3,613
2012 39 — 39 #3,947
2011 54 — 54 #3,103
2010 45 — 45 #3,539
2009 36 — 36 #4,224
2008 31 — 31 #4,806
2007 23 — 23 #5,973
2006 24 — 24 #5,606
2005 12 — 12 #9,045
2004 18 — 18 #6,588
2003 13 — 13 #8,165
2002 19 — 19 #5,996
2001 28 — 28 #4,382
2000 23 — 23 #5,067
1999 24 — 24 #4,644
1998 30 — 30 #3,876
1997 20 — 20 #5,116
1996 14 — 14 #6,539
1995 13 — 13 #6,823
1994 15 — 15 #6,161
1993 24 — 24 #4,336
1992 23 — 23 #4,462
1991 29 — 29 #3,689
1990 28 — 28 #3,790
1989 33 — 33 #3,232
1988 23 — 23 #3,980
1987 21 — 21 #4,084
1986 21 — 21 #3,992
1985 31 — 31 #2,998
1984 10 — 10 #6,622
1983 11 — 11 #6,093
1982 15 — 15 #4,884
1981 29 — 29 #3,053
1980 20 — 20 #3,965
1979 19 — 19 #4,030
1978 17 — 17 #4,215
1977 24 — 24 #3,256
1976 16 — 16 #4,127
1975 10 — 10 #5,910
1974 11 — 11 #5,323
1973 7 — 7 #7,317
1971 5 — 5 #9,423