girl's name
Catarina
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 5,340
Ireland
#543
2025 births
Catarina is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 103 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2023, when 118 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 32,188 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1888.
Catarina over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 |
| 1890s | 28 |
| 1900s | 70 |
| 1910s | 154 |
| 1920s | 233 |
| 1930s | 187 |
| 1940s | 135 |
| 1950s | 113 |
| 1960s | 143 |
| 1970s | 136 |
| 1980s | 209 |
| 1990s | 614 |
| 2000s | 689 |
| 2010s | 654 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 594 |
How popular is Catarina?
In 2025, Catarina was given to 103 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Catarina is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Catarina
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Catarina also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Catarina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Catarina in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Catarina
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Catarina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Catarina
How popular is the name Catarina?
In 2025, Catarina was given to 103 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Catarina a girl's or a boy's name?
Catarina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Catarina most popular?
Catarina peaked in 2023, when 118 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Catarina a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Catarina currently ranks #543 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.