Catarina

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⭐ Famous Catarina

Catarina Macario

American soccer player

Choose Catarina and your child shares a first name with Catarina Macario, an American soccer player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Catarina, like who?” Catarina Macario's Wikipedia article is available in 27 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 15,601 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Catarina, 103 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Catarina would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCatarina first shows up in US birth records in 1888, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 137 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1891, when it reached #1,006.
• 🚀TrendCatarina has climbed 204 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,896. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedCatarina is most popular in Iowa, where it ranks #565, followed by Massachusetts (#873) and Florida (#959). It's in the top 1,000 in 3 states.
• 💬MeaningCatarina is a Portuguese form of Katherine, which means “pure”. Our records link it to English, German and Greek roots.

About the name Catarina

Catarina is a girl name of English, German and Greek origin meaning “pure”. It has 8 letters and 4 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-ina”. US birth records list Catarina for girls from 1888 to 2025, in 129 of those 138 years. Its best year was 1891, when it ranked #1,006 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,896, with 103 babies.

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