Katri
Katri is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Katri Helena, Finnish singer Katri Horma, Estonian actress Katri Javanainen, Finnish ice hockey player Katri Kaarlonen (1915–2008), Finnish politician Katri Kalpala, Finnish rhythmic gymnast Katri Kulmuni, Finnish politician Katri Läike, Finnish sailor Katri Lindeqvist, Finnish orienteering competitor Katri Lipson, Finnish writer Katri…
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Katri
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Katri is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Katri Helena, Finnish singer Katri Horma, Estonian actress Katri Javanainen, Finnish ice hockey player Katri Kaarlonen (1915–2008), Finnish politician Katri Kalpala, Finnish rhythmic gymnast Katri Kulmuni, Finnish politician Katri Läike, Finnish sailor Katri Lindeqvist, Finnish orienteering competitor Katri Lipson, Finnish writer Katri…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Katri
The earliest SSA record of Katri as a baby girl name dates back to 1954, when 6 babies received it. 1954 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Katri — #5,148 in the national rankings. About 63% of every Katri on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Katri last appeared in the published SSA data in 1985, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Katri
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About the name Katri
Katri is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Katri's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #5,148. Use the chart and map above to compare Katri'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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