Katalina

What Katalina means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Katalina yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Katalina?

US: Rising: up from #786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 720 girls got the name (#430 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 2,232 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TX (1.14 per 1,000 girls), AZ (1.13 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Katalina is #430 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Katalina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Catalina2,456 US · 15 E&W
• Katalyna42 US
• Catalyna23 US
• Katalena15 US
• Catalena7 US
• Catelina5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Katalina

Girls

• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Azalea#278Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #580 in 2015, #278 in 2025
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*

For a brother

• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Katalina’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.