Katinka

Girls' name

Shortening of Katalinka

Katinka has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1964. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1964, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Katinka, 1992

1 in 768,000

Katinka over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Katinka: meaning, origin, and history

Shortening of Katalinka

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Katinka means

Katinka is a shortening of Katalinka.

Origin, language, and formation

Katinka is used in Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Katalinka.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Katinka is pronounced [ˈkɒtiŋkɒ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Katinka between 1964 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1964; its best national rank was #5,726 in 1964.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Katinka?

Katinka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1992: 1 in 768,000; 5 of 3,839,369 births
Among girls only: 1 in 369,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1992: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,251 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Katinka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1992 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,251 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Katinka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Katinkas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Katinka was born before 1978 — so the typical Katinka is around 47 today.

Median birth year: 1978; About 47 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 41.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 58.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 41.2% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Katinka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1964 (7)
Years since peak: 61; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,726; 1964

Spellings of Katinka

Katinka is not the most common spelling — Katrina is, with 51.4% against Katinka's <0.01%.

Katrina51.4%101,493
Karina31.1%61,464
Katina5.7%11,306
Katia3.2%6,339
Kalina2.2%4,288
Catina2.1%4,178
Latina1.0%2,049
Katana0.90%1,771

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Katinka around the world

Where Katinka ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2016
#5,785
in 2016
Norway
1880–2016
#544
in 2016
South Australia
1971–1990
#691
in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Katinka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,726; 1964
Peak year: 1964; 7 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 1992
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Katinka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Katiemae Kateleya Katrica Katinia Katiera Katrien Kattina Katyria Katylyn Katinna Katresa Kathina Kathlin Katenia Katleyn Katrinka Katasia Katiyah Katalya Katiann Katline Kataleiya Katedra Katarra

Sibling names for Katinka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lanette Zina Zena Twyla Jacquline Sarita Jonna Edie

For a brother

Richie Greggory Lyndon Berry Robby Chet Darron Daron

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