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Girl name

Katanya

100% girls · last recorded 1989

Katanya has been given to about 116 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1975, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 110
Median age today50 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Katanya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1975 · 15
  • Born in 20250
  • All time116

How popular is Katanya?

Its best year was 1975, when 15 babies were given the name, ranking 4240th. The typical living American called Katanya is about 50 years old today.

Names that sound like Katanya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Latanya0.89
  2. Natalya0.79
  3. Ananya0.79
  4. Kataleya0.78
  5. Tanya0.74
  6. Cataleya0.75
  7. Latonya0.74
  8. Taniya0.71

Middle names for Katanya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Katanya Rose0.85
  2. Katanya Louise0.85
  3. Katanya June0.84
  4. Katanya Pearl0.84
  5. Katanya Quinn0.84
  6. Katanya Nell0.84

Sibling names for Katanya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jasonbrother · 0.59
  2. Jennifersister · 0.59
  3. Amysister · 0.57
  4. Aprilsister · 0.56
  5. Shawnbrother · 0.53
  6. Jamieeither · 0.53

Where Katanya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Katanya White0.80
    2. Katanya Reyes0.80
    3. Katanya Nguyen0.80
    4. Katanya Moore0.80
    5. Katanya Lee0.80
    6. Katanya Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Katanya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.