Catalyna — #5896 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Catalyna

The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Catalyna between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catalyna currently holds the #5896 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catalyna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Catalyna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Catalyna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catalyna 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 248 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.