Catalina Girl
How popular is Catalina?
#111 girl name in 2025
2,456 baby girls were named Catalina in the US in 2025, making it the 111th most popular girl name.
Catalina popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #111 for girls (▲ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,456 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+144% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #325 in 2015, #179 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (2,456 girls) |
| Highest rank | #111 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Catalina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Catalina family of names ranked #100 for girls in 2025 (#115 the year before), with 3,241 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Catalina is most popular
Babies named Catalina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 3.6 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Texas: 3.2 per 1,000 (2,584 girls)
- Nevada: 2.9 per 1,000 (135 girls)
- California: 2.6 per 1,000 (2,220 girls)
- Arizona: 2.3 per 1,000 (320 girls)
Catalina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 26 | #1,091 |
| 1900s | 73 | #1,101 |
| 1910s | 278 | #1,002 |
| 1920s | 817 | #703 |
| 1930s | 616 | #645 |
| 1940s | 422 | #1,023 |
| 1950s | 538 | #1,253 |
| 1960s | 678 | #1,145 |
| 1970s | 1,001 | #1,055 |
| 1980s | 1,304 | #856 |
| 1990s | 2,236 | #837 |
| 2000s | 3,742 | #599 |
| 2010s | 9,369 | #189 |
| 2020s | 11,909 | #111 |
Girl names about as popular as Catalina
Questions
- Is Catalina a boy or girl name?
- Catalina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Catalina were girls.
- How popular is the name Catalina?
- 2,456 baby girls were named Catalina in the US in 2025, making it the 111th most popular girl name.
- When was Catalina most popular?
- Catalina peaked in 2025, when 2,456 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #111 in 2025.
- How many people are named Catalina?
- 33,016 babies have been named Catalina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,839 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Catalina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Catalina was most common in New Mexico, at 3.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.