Katharina comes from the Greek / Germanic tradition, meaning Pure, clear, each of the two.
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How popular is Katharina?
1991peak year
Today, Katharina is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6582), with only about 19 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1991, 58 babies were given the name (ranked #2256 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Katharina has been declining in recent years. In all, around 2,102 babies have been registered as Katharina since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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