Kachina
A kachina is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo peoples, Native American cultures located in the southwestern part of the United States. In Pueblo cultures, kachina rites are practiced by the Hopi, Hopi-Tewa and Zuni peoples and certain Keres peoples, as well as in most Puebloans in New Mexico.
Meaning & Origin of Kachina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A kachina is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo peoples, Native American cultures located in the southwestern part of the United States. In Pueblo cultures, kachina rites are practiced by the Hopi, Hopi-Tewa and Zuni peoples and certain Keres peoples, as well as in most Puebloans in New Mexico.
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The Story of Kachina
Kachina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1994: 20 births, good for #4,845 nationwide. About 43% of every Kachina on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Kachina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 296 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Where is Kachina most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- NA46%
- Nigeria16%
- Russia15%
- Austria12%
- Thailand11%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Kachina
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About the name Kachina
Kachina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 296 births in the dataset. Kachina's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #4,845. Use the chart and map above to compare Kachina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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