Girls' name · since 1893
Catalina
Catalina has 33,009 recorded births since 1893 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #111 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,009
- born since 1893
- 2020s
- peak decade
Catalina currently ranks #111 among girls' names in America, with 33,009 babies recorded since 1893.
Catalina has 33,009 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #111 as of the latest data, more common than 99.4% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2025.
- #788 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #111 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 33,009 born since 1893
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catalina ranks #788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #111 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 33,009 born since 1893, peaking in the 2020s.
- #788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #111 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,009
- born since 1893
- 2020s
- peak decade
Catalina's 33,009 recorded births place it above 98.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Catalina compares
33,009 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Catalina's all-time total is 88x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Catalina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33,009 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,456 | 21 | 19,840 |
Catalina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Catalina's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 91% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 9%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1895, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 2,456, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Catalina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,456
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Catalina popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1991 (Catalina as boys' name)
Catalina by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11,909 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Catalina's strongest decade.
11,909 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Catalina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 26
1890s
26 births
- 1900s 73
1900s
73 births
- 1910s 278
1910s
278 births
- 1920s 817
1920s
817 births
- 1930s 616
1930s
616 births
- 1940s 422
1940s
422 births
- 1950s 538
1950s
538 births
- 1960s 678
1960s
678 births
- 1970s 1,001
1970s
1,001 births
- 1980s 1,304
1980s
1,304 births
- 1990s 2,236
1990s
2,236 births
- 2000s 3,742
2000s
3,742 births
- 2010s
2010s
9,369 births
- 2020s
2020s
11,909 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11,909 births (36% of all-time use).
How Catalina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Catalina's total volume
Catalina by state
Where Catalina concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8,061 | 24.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7,429 | 22.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,552 | 7.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,469 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,223 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 1,093 | 3.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 718 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 562 | 1.7% |
8,061 of 33,009 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Catalina appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Catalina's data
- California records the most Catalinas (8,061 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Catalina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~132 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1893–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Catalina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.