girls:
7.3k births since 1971
#1910 (67th percentile)
overall:
7.3k births since 1971
#3160 (59th percentile)
The name Katalina is the #3,160 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,290 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 59.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,910 (66.6% percentile) for all time with 7,290 births since 1971.
Katalina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for girls in 1971). Birth data for Katalina is available in 45 out of the 53 years between 1971 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, Katalina reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 56.8% percentile (ranked #410) with 389 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 389 births per million (ranked 56.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Katalina is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #410 (56.8% percentile) with 389 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Katalina".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Katalina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 20.3% confident that Katalina is pronounced as kuh-tuh-LEE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-tuh-LEE-nuh, at 18.6% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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