Catalina

Meaning: Uncertain; possibly each of the two, traditionally linked to pure
Origin: Greek — Spanish form of Catherine

Girl's name · #111 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Catalina is climbing: on the charts since 1893, it reached #111 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 2,500 girls given the name last year. Roughly 33,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

See where Catalina is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Catalina is especially popular in Puerto Rico.

#5 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #11 in Argentina (2025, through 1 Dec 2025) · #63 in Spain (2024) · #80 in Mexico (2024) · #224 in Ecuador (2025) · #537 in France (2025) · #608 in Ireland (2025) · #676 in Switzerland (2025) · #768 in Austria (2025) · #782 in Canada (2025) · #896 in Italy (2024) · #936 in Belgium (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Catalinas

Catalina Sandino Moreno — Colombian actress (born 1981)
Catalina Micaela of Spain — Duchess of Savoy from 1585 to 1597 (1567–1597)
Cătălina Ponor — Romanian artistic gymnast (born 1987)
Catalina Sopelana — Spanish actress (born 1992)
Catalina Duque — Colombian beauty pageant titleholder (born 1999)

In stories & tradition

Catalina Aruca^it — My Name Is Earl (TV series)
Catalina^cy — Grand Theft Auto (video game series)

What Catalinas become

Among 340 notable people named Catalina:

Entertainers appear 1.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress (born 1981).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Katalina (#430), Catalina would rank around #76 with about 3,200 births last year — the newborns split about 77/23 between Catalina and Katalina.

Similar names: Katalina · Juliette · Cataleya · Alina · Lucia · Adelina

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