Katri

Girls' name

Possibly Hecate or each of the two, through Katriina

Katri has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1954. 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 1954, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Katri, 1985

1 in 714,000

Katri 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Katri: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly Hecate or each of the two, through Katriina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Katri means

Katri belongs to the name family reached through Katri → Katriina → Katariina → Katarina → Αἰκατερίνη. Its meaning is “Hecate or each of the two”.

Origin, language, and formation

Katri is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kadri, Katriina, Katariina, Katarina and Αἰκατερίνη.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Katri is pronounced /ˈkɑtri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Katri between 1954 and 1985. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1954; its best national rank was #5,439 in 1954.

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.

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How common is Katri?

Katri had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1985, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1985: 1 in 714,000; 5 of 3,568,740 births
Among girls only: 1 in 344,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1985: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 494,734 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Katri 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 1985 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 494,734 children born in 1985 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Katri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Katris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Katri was born before 1982 — so the typical Katri is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 62.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 62.5% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Katri 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 1954 (6)
Years since peak: 71; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,439; 1954

Spellings of Katri

Katri is not the most common spelling — Kathy is, with 23.5% against Katri's <0.01%.

Kathy23.5%334,131
Katie17.0%241,285
Kara7.2%101,743
Katrina7.1%101,493
Kate6.1%85,987
Kari4.2%59,696
Patti3.1%44,711
Kerri2.6%37,021

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.

Katri around the world

Where Katri 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.

South Australia
1978–2001
#711
in 2001

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Katri 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: #5,439; 1954
Peak year: 1954; 6 that year
First recorded: 1954
Last recorded: 1985
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Katri

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

Katin Kathyn Kather Katima Katen Katyna Katla Katiemae Kateleya Katlan Kathry Katine Katinia Katiera Katrien Katinka Katrica Kattina Katyria Katylyn Kattya Kath Katika Katinna

Sibling names for Katri

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

Marita Jacalyn Luanne Romona Louann Madonna Merry Gayla

For a brother

Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold Leigh Garth Sandy Dirk

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