# Catalina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/catalina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌkætəˈliːnə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33,016 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 33,009 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 476, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Catalina.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 443 | 647 |
| 2012 | 642 | 476 |
| 2013 | 781 | 394 |
| 2014 | 889 | 366 |
| 2015 | 1,005 | 325 |
| 2016 | 1,033 | 315 |
| 2017 | 1,229 | 260 |
| 2018 | 1,364 | 237 |
| 2019 | 1,566 | 189 |
| 2020 | 1,597 | 179 |
| 2021 | 1,746 | 166 |
| 2022 | 1,953 | 149 |
| 2023 | 1,935 | 146 |
| 2024 | 2,222 | 128 |
| 2025 | 2,456 | 111 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7 | 6,613 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,370 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,195 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,406 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Catalina

- Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
- Catalina Duque, Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
- Catalina Castaño, Colombian tennis player
- Catalina Usme, Colombian footballer
- Catalina Cruz, American pornographic actress
- Catalina Pérez, Colombian association football player
- Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
- Catalina Denis, Colombian actor and model
- Catalina Berroa, composer
- Catalina Yue, Canadian singer
- Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Costa Rican diplomat
- Catalina Soto, Chilean cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.