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Catalina

Gender
Girl
Say it
kat-a-LEE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,961 for girls
US rank, 2025
#111 for girls

Catalina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 111th for girls in the US (2,456 babies).

What does Catalina mean?

Greek: Spanish form of Catherine

The Spanish form of Catherine; Catherine of Aragon was born Catalina de Aragón.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Catalina a girl's or a boy's name?

Catalina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 2,456 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Catalina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,961among girls
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Catalina, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 31 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Catalina than any year since 2009.

Half of all the girls named Catalina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 31 in 20222025
Catalina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#1,961
202423#1,449
202325#1,360
202231#1,150
202129#1,231
202023#1,431
201925#1,368
201819#1,678
201724#1,455
201624#1,452
201522#1,527
201418#1,722
201323#1,461
201227#1,293
201116#1,824
201020#1,575
200911#2,298
200810#2,454
200717#1,614
20069#2,451
200513#1,807
200411#1,949
200317#1,369
20027#2,436
200116#1,325
20009#1,942
199911#1,653
19989#1,951

How popular is Catalina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#111among girls
Babies in 2025
2,456about 1 in 650 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 46% in five years
Same name in a class
2.1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 2,456 girls in the US were named Catalina, making it the 111th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 179th. It first appears in the records in 1893.

2025 had the most girls named Catalina of any year since it first appeared, in 1893.

Half of all the girls named Catalina in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,176 girls in the US were given Catalina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #97, up from #111 for this spelling alone.

1893Busiest: 2,456 in 20252025
Catalina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20252,456#111
20242,222#128
20231,935#146
20221,953#149
20211,746#166
20201,597#179
20191,566#189
20181,364#237
20171,229#260
20161,033#315
20151,005#325
2014889#366
2013781#394
2012642#476
2011443#647
2010417#687
2009503#599
2008425#705
2007411#711
2006411#686
2005420#659
2004340#766
2003328#757
2002294#796
2001310#769
2000300#762
1999257#840
1998220#935
1997227#888
1996232#859
1995200#942
1994239#837
1993218#886
1992220#890
1991222#883
1990201#941
1989217#856
1988134#1,139
1987105#1,312
1986123#1,157
1985109#1,249
1984127#1,091
1983116#1,144
1982123#1,138
1981120#1,139
1980130#1,083
1979104#1,238
1978115#1,126
1977119#1,088
1976113#1,078
1975112#1,055
1974103#1,124
197367#1,444
197282#1,254
197196#1,187
197090#1,238
196971#1,355
196868#1,347
196766#1,348
196670#1,291
196586#1,145
196476#1,265
196367#1,352
196266#1,359
196157#1,480
196051#1,560
195962#1,357
195861#1,348
195766#1,300
195652#1,469
195544#1,536
195453#1,376
195352#1,343
195251#1,350
195155#1,253
195042#1,410
194949#1,303
194851#1,284
194746#1,356
194631#1,582
194544#1,186
194439#1,271
194340#1,290
194236#1,349
194137#1,243
194049#1,023
193949#1,009
193843#1,091
193745#1,063
193646#1,022
193555#937
193465#848
193364#834
193265#862
193169#819
1930115#645
192987#752
1928100#703
192778#834
192691#757
192596#753
1924102#731
192364#912
192274#852
192162#942
192063#914
191950#1,017
191840#1,184
191749#1,002
191613#2,368
191528#1,339
191425#1,228
191328#1,020
191217#1,297
191116#1,113
191012#1,335
19099#1,471
190811#1,261
19077#1,638
190612#1,101
190510#1,237
19047#1,485
19035#1,791
19020–
19015#1,678
19007#1,560
18990–
18980–
18970–
18967#1,292
18955#1,592
18946#1,352
18938#1,091

Nicknames for Catalina

Names like Catalina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Athena Elena Isabella Arabella Lyra Aurora Eliana Emilia Penelope Olivia Fatima Lara

Other spellings of Catalina

Katalina

Names related to Catalina

Caitlan Katalin Caitlain Catelin Catlin Kathalina Catalyna Cathalina Catalena Catlyn

More Greek names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Catalina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/catalina, updated 20 October 2026.