Catarina
Catarina was given to 103 girls in 2025, #1,897 among girls’ names; 3,965 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,190 Americans named Catarina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 9 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Catarina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Catarina mean?
Wiktionary, Portuguese section
Catarina is “a female given name, masculine equivalent Catarino, equivalent to English Catherine”
/ka.taˈɾĩ.nɐ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Portuguese section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Catarina?
#1,897 among girls’ names, 2025
Catarina rose from #2,815 in 2015 to #1,897 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 34.7 to 64.1 per million.
118 babies in 2023, the peak
Catarina peaked in 2023, when 118 girls were given it, #1,740 among girls’ names. The 103 births of 2025 are 87% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,897 | 64.1 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,897 | 64.8 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,740 | 73.5 |
| 2022 | 92 | #2,093 | 56.1 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,121 | 54.2 |
| 2020 | 87 | #2,104 | 53.8 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,203 | 50.0 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,536 | 40.6 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,531 | 40.5 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,771 | 35.0 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 62 | #2,815 | 34.7 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,010 | 31.3 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,603 | 38.8 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,774 | 35.8 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,019 | 31.8 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,757 | 36.0 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,199 | 28.3 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,399 | 42.3 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,258 | 27.0 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,732 | 34.2 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,527 | 36.8 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,175 | 44.7 |
| 2003 | 63 | #2,558 | 34.5 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,269 | 40.1 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 | 46.7 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,211 | 39.1 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,534 | 31.6 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,401 | 32.8 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,624 | 27.6 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,254 | 33.7 |
| 1995 | 80 | #1,784 | 45.5 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,972 | 39.8 |
| 1993 | 83 | #1,760 | 45.9 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,985 | 37.4 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,290 | 29.9 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,229 | 17.9 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,410 | 16.3 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,988 | 19.1 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,881 | 9.2 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,565 | 9.9 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,153 | 11.0 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,084 | 16.6 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,916 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,373 | 10.0 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,298 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,735 | 12.6 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,799 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,937 | 11.8 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,416 | 5.9 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,180 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,260 | 4.8 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,817 | 6.1 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,501 | 12.3 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,919 | 9.9 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,527 | 10.8 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,739 | 9.2 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,804 | 8.3 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,191 | 10.4 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,525 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,765 | 11.8 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,277 | 8.5 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,386 | 5.3 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,354 | 7.8 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,938 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,619 | 6.4 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,376 | 6.9 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,122 | 7.4 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,963 | 3.5 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,460 | 2.9 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,729 | 9.0 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,421 | 4.1 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,512 | 5.7 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,943 | 7.4 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,222 | 6.5 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,515 | 5.6 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,078 | 7.0 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,425 | 9.9 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,168 | 6.5 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,473 | 5.6 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,252 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,169 | 6.9 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,302 | 11.3 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,161 | 12.2 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,552 | 9.6 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,103 | 13.2 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,974 | 14.9 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,048 | 14.6 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,966 | 8.2 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,926 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,484 | 24.0 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,670 | 20.0 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,442 | 11.5 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,791 | 18.9 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,152 | 14.1 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,426 | 25.4 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,536 | 23.1 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,451 | 25.1 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,643 | 21.7 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,775 | 19.3 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,592 | 22.8 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,389 | 12.3 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,574 | 23.2 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,955 | 16.6 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,581 | 23.3 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,776 | 19.5 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,485 | 11.7 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,452 | 25.7 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,214 | 13.8 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,933 | 16.6 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,152 | 14.4 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,560 | 11.2 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,915 | 17.1 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,475 | 25.6 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,311 | 30.5 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,683 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,535 | 25.2 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,492 | 25.9 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,147 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,312 | 31.4 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,998 | 16.9 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,510 | 25.4 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,337 | 30.3 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,018 | 46.0 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,594 | 23.4 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,425 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,390 | 27.1 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,320 | 30.0 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,022 | 43.1 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,156 | 33.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Catarina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Catarina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Catarina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Catarina, and how old are they?
3,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 3,965 Americans ever recorded as Catarina. The median Catarina alive today is 22 years old; half are between 9 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 4,733 people named Catarina (4,711 women and girls, 22 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,717 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 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 | 84 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 180 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 213 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 625 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,060 |
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 Catarina born?
The states with the most babies named Catarina are Florida, Texas and California, with 59% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16 | #970 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 13 | #1,731 | 3.4× |
| California | 8 | #2,312 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,404 | 0.1× |
| New York | 5 | #2,153 | 0.3× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #905 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,163 | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 5 | #587 | 0.1× |
Where Catarina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Catarina is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Catarina 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 137,289 babies since 1880, Catarina is the fifth most given (2.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 103 of their 491 babies (21%), the third most given that year.
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 Catarina
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 Catarina and names like it
- Compare Catarina and KatrinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sCatarina peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Catarina since 1910.
- Portuguese namesWiktionary’s origin for Catarina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Catarina.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Catarina alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.