Catrina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-TREE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Catrina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Catrina mean?
Greek: spelling of Katrina, itself a form of Katherine
“associated with katharos, pure”
A form of Katherine; Katrina Van Tassel is the heroine of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Meaning borrowed from Katrina. More on Wiktionary.
Is Catrina a girl's or a boy's name?
Catrina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Catrina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Catrina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Catrina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 33 | #772 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 33 | #755 |
How popular is Catrina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Catrina, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1980, with 454 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Catrina in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Catrina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
- Katrina 83
- Catrina 12
Catrina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,574 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,870 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,857 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,658 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,646 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,420 |
| 1998 | 133 | #1,322 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 1996 | 142 | #1,230 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 134 | #1,266 |
| 1993 | 154 | #1,146 |
| 1992 | 192 | #990 |
| 1991 | 191 | #979 |
| 1990 | 212 | #903 |
| 1989 | 250 | #773 |
| 1988 | 246 | #759 |
| 1987 | 220 | #797 |
| 1986 | 283 | #650 |
| 1985 | 327 | #593 |
| 1984 | 303 | #593 |
| 1983 | 271 | #635 |
| 1982 | 396 | #508 |
| 1981 | 423 | #487 |
| 1980 | 454 | #468 |
| 1979 | 428 | #469 |
| 1978 | 308 | #564 |
| 1977 | 281 | #603 |
| 1976 | 315 | #547 |
| 1975 | 350 | #512 |
| 1974 | 329 | #515 |
| 1973 | 407 | #451 |
| 1972 | 380 | #473 |
| 1971 | 313 | #566 |
| 1970 | 277 | #618 |
| 1969 | 204 | #696 |
| 1968 | 158 | #801 |
| 1967 | 119 | #935 |
| 1966 | 110 | #972 |
| 1965 | 97 | #1,063 |
| 1964 | 95 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,456 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Nicknames for Catrina
- Kat
- Trina
Names like Catrina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Melissa Francesca Cassandra Alexandra Cara Lara Christina Georgina Athena Tabitha Erin
Other spellings of Catrina
Names related to Catrina
Catherine Katerina Catrin Catriona Catarina Caterina Caitriona Cathryn Catharina
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Catrina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/catrina, updated 20 October 2026.