Catherina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kath-eh-REE-nah
- Origin
- Greek
Catherina is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Catherina mean?
Greek: spelling of Katherina, itself a variant of Katharina, a European form of Katherine
Katherina is the fiery heroine of Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew.
Meaning borrowed from Katherina.
Is Catherina a girl's or a boy's name?
Catherina is a girls' name.
How popular is Catherina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1962, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Catherina in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Catherina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,413 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
Nicknames for Catherina
Names like Catherina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Christina, Veronica, Melissa, Cassandra, Rebecca, Alexandra, Georgina, Angela, Laura, Elizabeth, Amanda, Teresa
Names related to Catherina
Catherine, Katerina, Catarina, Caterina, Katherin, Cathryn, Katherina, Catrina
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, “Catherina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/catherina, updated 20 October 2026.