Catalina

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Catalina is ranked 128th among girls in 2024 (2,216 births). Its best rank was 128th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #128up 19 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,2160.14% of girls
Peak year: 20242,216 births
Best rank: #128in 2024
Since 1893: 30,542people given the name

Babies named Catalina, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

30,542 girls have been named Catalina in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 2,216 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2020s alone account for 31%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Catalina
1890s	26
1900s	73
1910s	278
1920s	817
1930s	616
1940s	422
1950s	538
1960s	680
1970s	1,001
1980s	1,304
1990s	2,236
2000s	3,742
2010s	9,368
2020s	9,441

In 2024, its biggest year

Catalina was the 128th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Catalina

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Katalina8,002 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.