Feminine dossier · first seen 1937

Kateri

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kateri
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1937Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

43.1%

2024

All-time

2,498

Kateri has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 65 girls were named Kateri.

In 2024, only 37 girls were given the name.

Down 43.1% from its peak.

All told, about 2,498 Americans have been named Kateri and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1937.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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