Katalina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-a-LEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #430 for girls
Katalina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 430th for girls in the US (720 babies).
What does Katalina mean?
Greek: spelling of Catalina; Spanish form of Catherine
The Spanish form of Catherine; Catherine of Aragon was born Catalina de Aragón.
Meaning borrowed from Catalina. More on Wiktionary.
Is Katalina a girl's or a boy's name?
Katalina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 720 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katalina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Katalina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Katalina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
How popular is Katalina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #430among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 720about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 720 girls in the US were named Katalina, making it the 430th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 557th. It first appears in the records in 1971.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most girls named Katalina of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Katalina in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,176 girls in the US were given Katalina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #97, up from #430 for this spelling alone.
- Catalina 2,456
- Katalina 720
Katalina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 720 | #430 |
| 2024 | 708 | #438 |
| 2023 | 682 | #453 |
| 2022 | 667 | #476 |
| 2021 | 552 | #554 |
| 2020 | 528 | #557 |
| 2019 | 521 | #584 |
| 2018 | 476 | #628 |
| 2017 | 457 | #646 |
| 2016 | 349 | #822 |
| 2015 | 358 | #786 |
| 2014 | 336 | #823 |
| 2013 | 297 | #866 |
| 2012 | 254 | #994 |
| 2011 | 156 | #1,446 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,688 |
| 2009 | 142 | #1,584 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,635 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,894 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,893 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,953 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Katalina
- Cat
- Lina 209 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Katalina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra Arabella Eliana Isabella Khadija Safa Sienna Isla Zara Ayla Athena Ariella
Other spellings of Katalina
Names related to Katalina
Katelin Katalin Katlyn Kaitlan Kaytlin Katelan Katlin Katalyna Kathalina Cathalina Katalena
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, “Katalina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katalina, updated 20 October 2026.