Katya Girl
How popular is Katya?
#3,576 girl name in 2025
42 baby girls were named Katya in the US in 2025, making it the 3576th most popular girl name.
Katya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,576 for girls (▼ 882 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (146 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,308 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Katya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Katia family of names ranked #1,294 for girls in 2025 (#1,101 the year before), with 135 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Katia | 93 | 69% |
| Katya | 42 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Katya is most popular
Babies named Katya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Katya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52 | #4,624 |
| 1970s | 106 | #3,871 |
| 1980s | 226 | #2,708 |
| 1990s | 729 | #1,429 |
| 2000s | 1,086 | #1,308 |
| 2010s | 663 | #2,118 |
| 2020s | 314 | #2,694 |
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Questions
- Is Katya a boy or girl name?
- Katya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Katya were girls.
- How popular is the name Katya?
- 42 baby girls were named Katya in the US in 2025, making it the 3576th most popular girl name.
- When was Katya most popular?
- Katya peaked in 2001, when 146 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,308 in 2000.
- How many people are named Katya?
- 3,176 babies have been named Katya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,133 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Katya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Katya was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.