Caterina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-e-REE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Caterina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Caterina mean?
Greek: Italian form of Catherine
The Italian form of Catherine, borne by St Catherine of Siena, the 14th-century mystic and patron saint of Italy.
Is Caterina a girl's or a boy's name?
Caterina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caterina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Caterina, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caterina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Caterina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Caterina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Caterina, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had fewer girls named Caterina than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Caterina in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were given Caterina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,176, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
Caterina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,541 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,564 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,395 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,883 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,064 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,607 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,741 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,780 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
Nicknames for Caterina
- Cat
- Rina 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Caterina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Alexandra Lara Elena Francesca Fatima Eliana Isabella Gabriella Chloe Olivia Ariana
Other spellings of Caterina
Names related to Caterina
Catherine Katerina Katrina Catrin Catriona Catarina Katherina Catrina Katerin
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, “Caterina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caterina, updated 20 October 2026.