Catalina

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A few things about Catalina you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Catalina

Catalina Castaño

Colombian tennis player

Choose Catalina and your child shares a first name with Catalina Castaño, a Colombian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Catalina, like who?” Catalina Castaño's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

Read about Catalina Castaño on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Photo: Dacoucou, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 654 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Catalina, 2,456 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Catalina would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCatalina first shows up in US birth records in 1893, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 132 years since.
• 🏆Best yearCatalina is at its all-time high right now: #111 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowCatalina is 9.3× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 6,053 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 654.
• 🚀TrendCatalina has climbed 68 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #111. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedCatalina is most popular in Texas, where it ranks #29, followed by California (#38) and Nevada (#48). It's in the top 1,000 in 38 states.
• 💬MeaningCatalina is a Spanish form of Katherine, which means “possibly pure”. Our records link it to Greek, Romanian and Spanish roots.
• 🌍OriginCatalina is the most popular Romanian girl name in the US. That's out of 13 Romanian girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Catalina

Catalina is a girl name of Greek, Romanian and Spanish origin meaning “possibly pure”. It has 8 letters and 4 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-ina”. US birth records list Catalina for girls from 1893 to 2025, in 129 of those 133 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #111 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #111, with 2,456 babies.

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