girls:
28.3k births since 1893
#850 (85th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1991
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
28.3k births since 1893
#1515 (80th percentile)
The name Catalina is the #1,515 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,323 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 80.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #850 (85.1% percentile) for all time with 28,316 births since 1893. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1991.
Catalina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Catalina is available in 127 out of the 131 years between 1893 and 2023 (127 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Catalina has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Catalina reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 84.9% percentile (ranked #144) with 1,102 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,102 births per million (ranked 84.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Catalina is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #144 (84.9% percentile) with 1,102 births per million.
For boys, Catalina reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #758) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Catalina".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Catalina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.0% confident that Catalina is pronounced as ka-tuh-LEE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-tuh-LEE-nuh, at 38.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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