Catalina
Catalina was given to 2,456 girls in 2025, #111 among girls’ names; 33,016 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 30,700 Americans named Catalina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 21.
Catalina came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1935 and returned in 1989.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Catalina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Catalina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Catalina is “a female given name from Spanish.”
Borrowed from Spanish Catalina.
/ˌkætəˈliːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Catalina?
#111 among girls’ names, 2025
Catalina rose from #325 in 2015 to #111 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.56 to 1.5 per 1,000.
2,456 babies in 2025, the peak
Catalina peaked in 2025, when 2,456 girls were given it, #111 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 2,222 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,456 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 2,222 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 1,935 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 1,953 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 1,746 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 1,597 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 1,566 | #189 | 0.93 |
| 2018 | 1,364 | #237 | 0.80 |
| 2017 | 1,229 | #260 | 0.71 |
| 2016 | 1,033 | #315 | 0.58 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,005 | #325 | 0.56 |
| 2014 | 889 | #366 | 0.50 |
| 2013 | 781 | #394 | 0.45 |
| 2012 | 642 | #476 | 0.36 |
| 2011 | 443 | #647 | 0.25 |
| 2010 | 417 | #688 | 0.23 |
| 2009 | 503 | #599 | 0.27 |
| 2008 | 425 | #705 | 0.22 |
| 2007 | 411 | #711 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 411 | #687 | 0.22 |
| 2005 | 420 | #659 | 0.23 |
| 2004 | 340 | #766 | 0.19 |
| 2003 | 328 | #757 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 294 | #796 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 310 | #769 | 0.17 |
| 2000 | 300 | #763 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 257 | #840 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 220 | #937 | 0.12 |
| 1997 | 227 | #888 | 0.13 |
| 1996 | 232 | #859 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 200 | #942 | 0.11 |
| 1994 | 239 | #838 | 0.13 |
| 1993 | 218 | #886 | 0.12 |
| 1992 | 220 | #891 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 222 | #884 | 0.12 |
| 1990 | 201 | #941 | 0.11 |
| 1989 | 217 | #856 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 134 | #1,141 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 105 | #1,313 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 123 | #1,157 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,250 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 127 | #1,092 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 116 | #1,145 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 123 | #1,140 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 120 | #1,140 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 130 | #1,083 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 104 | #1,238 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,127 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 119 | #1,088 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 113 | #1,078 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,055 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,126 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 67 | #1,444 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 82 | #1,254 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 96 | #1,187 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 90 | #1,239 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,358 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,347 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 66 | #1,349 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 70 | #1,293 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 86 | #1,147 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,266 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 67 | #1,354 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,562 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 61 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,471 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 55 | #1,255 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,412 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 51 | #1,287 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,188 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 49 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 45 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 55 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 65 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 64 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 65 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 69 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 115 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 87 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 100 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 78 | #835 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 91 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 96 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 102 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 64 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 74 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 62 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 63 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 50 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,392 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,491 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,509 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,836 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,593 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,373 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Catalina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Catalina has been given almost only to girls: 7 boys in 129 years of records.
Girls and boys named Catalina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Catalina, and how old are they?
30,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 33,016 Americans ever recorded as Catalina. The median Catalina alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 35,717 people named Catalina (35,619 women and girls, 98 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 19,577 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 254 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 811 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,390 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,640 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,890 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 19,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Catalina born?
The states with the most babies named Catalina are Texas, California and Florida, with 57% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 621 | #29 | 2.3× |
| California | 570 | #38 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 191 | #82 | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 98 | #83 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 79 | #68 | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 63 | #163 | 0.5× |
| New York | 57 | #296 | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 54 | #144 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 53 | #201 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 53 | #123 | 0.7× |
Where Catalina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Catalina is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Catalina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 43,064 babies since 1880, Catalina is the most given (77% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,456 of their 3,263 babies (75%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Catalina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Catalina and names like it
- Compare Catalina and KatalinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sCatalina peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Catalina since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Catalina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Catalina.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Catalina alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.