Katinka
Katinka is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, Hungarian, Dutch.
- German
- Hungarian
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Katinka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Katinka is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, Hungarian, Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Hungarian
- Dutch
The Story of Katinka
Katinka first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1964, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1964: 7 births, good for #5,474 nationwide. About 41% of every Katinka on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Katinka last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Katinka
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Katinka. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Katinka
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About the name Katinka
Katinka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Katinka's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #5,474. Use the chart and map above to compare Katinka'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.