Girls' name · since 1994
Katalena
Katalena has 218 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,301 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 218
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
218 babies have been named Katalena since 1994, making it today's #7301 girls' name.
Katalena has 218 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7301 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #18,931 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,301 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 218 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katalena ranks #18,931 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,301 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 218 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,301 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 218
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Katalena's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Katalena compares
218 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Katalena's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katalena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 218 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katalena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Katalena's full recorded timeline at 2013, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Katalena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Katalena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Katalena's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Katalena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (47% of all-time use).
Katalena by state
Where Katalena concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 218 births nationwide.
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What to do with Katalena's data
- Katalena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Katalenas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katalena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Katalena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.