Katiria
Feminine
Katiria has the bright K of Katia and Kati at the front and a rolling -iria at the back, four syllables that sit comfortably in Spanish. It is a name of recent generations with no long written history behind it, and it wears that openly.
How old is the name Katiria?
Katiria first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Katiria alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 500 people named Katiria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Katiria most popular?
Katiria peaked in 1979, reaching #2112 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Katiria
Our story of Katiria starts with a sound: the crisp Kat- that Katherine has lent to half of Europe, softened by an -i- and then opened into -iria, where the tongue taps the r the way Spanish taps it in María. It is a name made for being called across a yard, with the stress landing near the end and pulling the rest along behind it. Whoever first set those letters together left no note, and the name has been its own reason ever since.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language or meaning is documented for Katiria. It resembles Katia, the pet form of Ekaterina that Spanish speakers also use, and its ending recalls names such as the Galician Iria, but no record joins them.
Pronouncing Katiria
kah-tee-REE-ah
Four syllables, stressed on the third; the r is a single Spanish tap.
Nicknames for Katiria
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most girls named
- 197947 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2112reached in 1979
- Change vs 2006
- +20.0%6 in 2011, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Katirias among us
people named Katiria are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Katiria sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Spelled the way it sounds in Spanish, so a Spanish reader can say it at sight.
- Familiar sounds from Katia and Katherine without being either one.
- Kati is a ready short form.
- With no documented meaning, the honest answer to what it means is that nobody knows.
- English speakers may stress the second syllable or start it like Kathy; one correction for each new teacher usually does it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Katirias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Katiria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Katiria in 2025?
- Katiria is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Katiria with classmates?
- Katiria will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
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