Cathalina — #8549 US girls' name
208 babies named Cathalina in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Cathalina was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Cathalina in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cathalina
The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Cathalina between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathalina currently holds the #8549 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathalina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cathalina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cathalina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cathalina 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 208 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.
Cathalina at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Cathalina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #8549 among girls.
208 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 20 births in a single year.
Cathalina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 92 births that decade — 44% of Cathalina's all-time total
Cathalina decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cathalina's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Cathalina by state
Where Cathalina concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 31 | 14.9% |
31 of 208 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 14.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 14.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1978–2024 (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.