Katrin
Katrin is a feminine given name. It is a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine. Katrin may refer to:
- German
- Swedish
- Estonian
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Katrin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Katrin is a feminine given name. It is a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine. Katrin may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Swedish
- Estonian
- Icelandic
The Story of Katrin
Katrin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1951, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 37 births, good for #2,381 nationwide. Katrin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Katrin
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Katrin. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Katrin
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About the name Katrin
Katrin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Katrin's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #2,381. Use the chart and map above to compare Katrin'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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