Catalina

#111 for girls in 2025, 2,456 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #6,519
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 2,456 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,009
since 1893

Catalina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Catalina has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1112,456—
2024#1282,222—
2023#1461,935—
2022#1491,953—
2021#1661,746—
2020#1791,597—
2019#1891,566—
2018#2371,364—
2017#2601,229—
2016#3151,033—
2015#3251,005—
2014#366889—
2013#394781—
2012#476642—
2011#647443—
2010#687417—
2009#599503—
2008#705425—
2007#711411—
2006#686411—
2005#659420—
2004#766340—
2003#757328—
2002#796294—
2001#769310—
2000#762300—
1999#841257—
1998#936220—
1997#889227—
1996#859232—
1995#945200—
1994#838239—
1993#887218—
1992#892220—
1991#885222#6,5197
1990#943201—
1989#859217—
1988#1,140134—
1987#1,313105—
1986#1,157123—
1985#1,249109—
1984#1,091127—
1983#1,144116—
1982#1,138123—
1981#1,139120—
1980#1,083130—
1979#1,238104—
1978#1,126115—
1977#1,088119—
1976#1,078113—
1975#1,055112—
1974#1,124103—
1973#1,44467—
1972#1,25482—
1971#1,18796—
1970#1,23890—
1969#1,35571—
1968#1,34768—
1967#1,34866—
1966#1,29170—
1965#1,14586—
1964#1,26576—
1963#1,35267—
1962#1,35966—
1961#1,48157—
1960#1,56151—
1959#1,35862—
1958#1,34961—
1957#1,30166—
1956#1,47052—
1955#1,53744—
1954#1,37753—
1953#1,34452—
1952#1,35151—
1951#1,25455—
1950#1,41142—
1949#1,30449—
1948#1,28551—
1947#1,35746—
1946#1,58331—
1945#1,18744—
1944#1,27239—
1943#1,29140—
1942#1,34936—
1941#1,24337—
1940#1,02349—
1939#1,00949—
1938#1,09143—
1937#1,06345—
1936#1,02246—
1935#93755—
1934#84865—
1933#83464—
1932#86265—
1931#81969—
1930#645115—
1929#75287—
1928#703100—
1927#83478—
1926#75791—
1925#75396—
1924#731102—
1923#91264—
1922#85274—
1921#94262—
1920#91463—
1919#1,01750—
1918#1,18440—
1917#1,00249—
1916#2,36813—
1915#1,33928—
1914#1,22825—
1913#1,02028—
1912#1,29717—
1911#1,11316—
1910#1,33512—
1909#1,4719—
1908#1,26111—
1907#1,6397—
1906#1,10112—
1905#1,23810—
1904#1,4867—
1903#1,7925—
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1901#1,6795—
1900#1,5617—
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1896#1,2927—
1895#1,5925—
1894#1,3536—
1893#1,0918—
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Catalina! It came in at #1,091, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Catalina is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Catalina
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#128 → #111)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#179 → #111)
  • 214 spots since 2015 (#325 → #111)
  • Biggest jump: 281 spots in 1989 (#1,140 → #859)
  • Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1931 (#645 → #819)
Rise & fade · girls
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 2025 at #111 (2,456 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1989–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 654
  • Highest: 1 in 654 girls born in 2025 were named Catalina (0.15%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 36.1% of all girls named Catalina (11,909) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s26#1,091 (1893)#1,332
1900s73#1,101 (1906)#1,470
1910s278#1,002 (1917)#1,290
1920s817#703 (1928)#815
1930s616#645 (1930)#913
1940s422#1,023 (1940)#1,289
1950s538#1,254 (1951)#1,375
1960s678#1,145 (1965)#1,350
1970s1,001#1,055 (1975)#1,183
1980s1,304#859 (1989)#1,131
1990s2,236#838 (1994)#892
2000s3,742#599 (2009)#721
2010s9,369#189 (2019)#390
2020s11,909#111 (2025)#147

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Catalina in 1893

girls
#1,091
8 births · 1 in 26,613 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #1,091Catalina8
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 26,613 of them was named Catalina, which outranked 34.0% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Catalina
  1. #1,023Vessie9
  2. #1,023Weltha9
  3. #1,023Zilpha9
  4. #1,091Catalina8
  5. #1,091Almedia8
  6. #1,091Archie8
  7. #1,091Becky8
  8. #1,175Adelaida7
  9. #1,175Adelle7
  10. #1,175Agda7

Tied with 83 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →