Catina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Catina

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,178 babies named Catina between 1949 and 2011, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 1,372 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 3,587 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Catina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 397 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Catina in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catina 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 4,178 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.