Catalina

Catalina was the #111 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,456 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Catalina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Catalina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Catalina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#111 (2,456)#1,892 (15)—#608 (5)#782 (37)
2024#128 (2,222)#1,406 (23)——#661 (44)
2023#146 (1,935)#1,410 (22)#749 (3)—#749 (37)
2022#149 (1,953)#1,081 (31)—#905 (3)#640 (44)
2021#166 (1,746)#1,195 (28)——#616 (48)
2020#179 (1,597)#1,507 (20)#765 (3)—#498 (59)
2019#189 (1,566)#1,316 (24)——#719 (41)
2018#237 (1,364)#1,788 (16)#809 (3)—#736 (39)
2017#260 (1,229)#1,457 (22)——#646 (46)
2016#315 (1,033)#1,370 (24)——#765 (37)
2015#325 (1,005)#1,649 (18)#653 (4)—#640 (46)
2014#366 (889)#1,702 (17)——#640 (47)
2013#394 (781)#1,433 (22)——#647 (44)
2012#476 (642)#1,253 (26)——#801 (34)
2011#647 (443)#1,903 (14)——#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #111.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 650 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 650common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Catalina is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 610 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 570 to 1 in 650.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Catalina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #123WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #83ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #295NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #48NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #201INOhio: #401OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #143NJConnecticut: #192CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #38CAUtah: #239UTColorado: #104CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #197VAMaryland: #189MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #68AZNew Mexico: #76NMKansas: #121KSArkansas: #188ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #163NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #110OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #198GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #29TXFlorida: #82FL
Catalina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696
Ontario2024#67518

Catalina (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CatalinaCanadaGirls#78237
CatalinaEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
CatalinaIrelandGirls#6085
CatalinaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CatalinaScotlandGirls—too few
CatalinaUSGirls#1112,456
CatalinaUSBoys—too few