girls:
3.8k births since 1888
#2818 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1888
#4481 (42nd percentile)
The name Catarina is the #4,481 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,756 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 42.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,818 (50.7% percentile) for all time with 3,756 births since 1888.
Catarina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Catarina is available in 127 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Catarina reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 11.8% percentile (ranked #835) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 67 births per million (ranked 11.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2012, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Catarina is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #835 (11.8% percentile) with 67 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Catarina".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Catarina", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Katarina" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Katarina..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Catarina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Catarina is pronounced as ka-tuh-REE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-tuh-REE-nuh, at 31.4% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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