Catalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-uh-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Catalena is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Catalena mean?
Greek: spelling of Katalena, itself a variant of Catalina, the Spanish form of Katherine
A spelling of Catalina, the Spanish form of Katherine, a name of uncertain origin long linked with Greek katharos 'pure'.
Meaning borrowed from Katalena.
Is Catalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Catalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Catalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Catalena, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Catalena in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Catalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Nicknames for Catalena
- Kat
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Catalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Calliope, Elianna, Arabella, Avianna, Briella, Lyra, Isabella, Camila, Eliana, Luna, Cora, Elara
Names related to Catalena
Catalina, Catalyna, Cathalina, Cathleen, Katalena, Catelyn, Kataleena, Catlin
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Catalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/catalena, updated 20 October 2026.