Kata
Kata is both a surname and a given name.
- Hungarian
- Finnish
- Croatian
Meaning & Origin of Kata
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kata is both a surname and a given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
- Finnish
- Croatian
The Story of Kata
The earliest SSA record of Kata as a baby girl name dates back to 1974, when 5 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Kata — #11,778 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Kata on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kata last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kata
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kata. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kata
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About the name Kata
Kata is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Kata's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #11,778. Use the chart and map above to compare Kata'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.