Girls' name · since 1971
Katalina
Katalina has 8,727 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,832 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #430 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,727
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Katalina is the #430 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 8,727 recorded since 1971.
Katalina has 8,727 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #430 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #1,832 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #430 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,727 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katalina ranks #1,832 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #430 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,727 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,832 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #430 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,727
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Katalina's 8,727 recorded births place it above 97.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Katalina compares
8,727 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Katalina's all-time total is 23x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katalina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,727 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 720 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katalina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katalina's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 92% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 8%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 720, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katalina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 720
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Katalina by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,857 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Katalina's strongest decade.
3,857 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Katalina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 85
1980s
85 births
- 1990s 415
1990s
415 births
- 2000s 1,031
2000s
1,031 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,329 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,857 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,857 births (44% of all-time use).
How Katalina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Katalina's total volume
Katalina by state
Where Katalina concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,008 | 23.0% |
| #2 | California | | 1,598 | 18.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 634 | 7.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 329 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 269 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 191 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 179 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Washington | | 156 | 1.8% |
2,008 of 8,727 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Katalina appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Katalinas (2,008 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katalina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Katalina 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.