Catalina — #128 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Catalina

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,542 babies named Catalina between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catalina currently holds the #128 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,216 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catalina performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 9,441 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Catalina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,490 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Catalina in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catalina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 30,542 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.