first name
CATALINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 35,717 people named Catalina, 86.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.8% as White and 4.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Catalina peaked in 2025, when 2,456 babies got the name.
At least 33,016 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Catalina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #341. The largest share of babies named Catalina, 59.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Catalina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Catalina has been most common in Texas (3.2×), Arizona (2.9×), and Nevada (2.9×), and least common in Alabama (0.16×).
30,294 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Catalina
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Catalina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Catalina ranks #36,891 of 156,621, with 651 people. See Catalina as a last name
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