Kathalina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-tah-LEE-nah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Kathalina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Kathalina mean?
Greek: variant of Catalina, the Spanish form of Katherine
A spelling of Catalina, the Spanish form of Katherine, long associated with the Greek katharos 'pure'.
Is Kathalina a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathalina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kathalina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,644th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Kathalina, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had the most girls named Kathalina of any year since it first appeared, in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Kathalina in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were given Kathalina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,569, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
- Kathalina 41
- Cathalina 9
Kathalina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Kathalina
- Lina 209 girls in the UK in 2025
- Kat
Names like Kathalina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adhara, Aitana, Amoura, Seraphina, Lyra, Elara, Cataleya, Daleyza, Elianna, Calliope, Avianna, Anvika
Other spellings of Kathalina
Names related to Kathalina
Catalina, Katalina, Kathleen, Kaitlin, Katalyna, Kathlyn, Kaytlin
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, “Kathalina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathalina, updated 20 October 2026.