Catara — girls' name
23 babies named Catara in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Catara was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Catara in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Catara
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Catara between 1991 and 2000, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Catara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Catara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Catara 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 23 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.
Catara at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Catara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1991
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
23 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 7 births in a single year.
Catara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 70% of Catara's all-time total
Catara decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Catara's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.