Caterina — #4033 US girls' name
2,987 babies named Caterina in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Caterina was born in this single decade.
68 babies were named Caterina in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caterina
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,987 babies named Caterina between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caterina currently holds the #4033 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 68 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caterina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 570 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Caterina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 637 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Caterina in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caterina 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 2,987 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.
Caterina at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Caterina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (2014)
- 68
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #4033 among girls.
2,987 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 68 births in a single year.
Caterina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 570 births that decade — 19% of Caterina's all-time total
Caterina decade highlights
- Peak decade 570 births
- Runner-up 485 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Caterina's strongest decade
570 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Caterina by state
Where Caterina concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 637 | 21.3% |
| #2 | California | | 254 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 116 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 69 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 52 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 47 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 31 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 16 | 0.5% |
637 of 2,987 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 21.3% of nationwide
- California 8.5% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.3% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 21.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Caterina appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1904–2024 (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.