Kathia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kathia by the numbers

Kathia was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 99 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Kathia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kathia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Katiapure; diminutive form of Katerina94 in the US (2017)
  • Kathiepure; a diminutive of Katherine14 in the US (2017)
  • Kathastory, narrative, tale4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kathivariant of Katherine; pure
  • Kathya10 in the US (2017)
  • Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kathia

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