Catrena — girls' name
365 babies named Catrena in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Catrena was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Catrena in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Catrena
The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Catrena between 1962 and 1996, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catrena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Catrena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Catrena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Catrena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Catrena 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 365 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.
Catrena at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Catrena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1962
- Peak year (1972)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
365 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 29 births in a single year.
Catrena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 176 births that decade — 48% of Catrena's all-time total
Catrena decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Catrena's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Catrena by state
Where Catrena concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 365 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.4% 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, 1962–1996 (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.