Catalina is a distinctive choice, ranked #1406 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Catalina in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1406
US Rank #128
About the Name Catalina
Catalina is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 101 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1081 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1998.
Catalina is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #128, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Catalina
Unlikely. With around 23 UK babies named Catalina per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Catalina in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Catalina is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 101 places over the last five years to #1406 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Catalina is more popular in the US (#128) than in the UK (#1406). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Catalina include: Pontiac Catalina — The Pontiac Catalina is a full-size automobile produced by Pontiac from 1950 to 1981.; Catalina GNoriega — Catalina GNoriega, is an American archer.; Catalina Duque — Catalina Duque Abréu is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss International 2025..
Catalina appears in the US top 500 at #128 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
23
UK babies named Catalina (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 101 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Catalina
Likely around 1 other Catalina in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Catalina
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
The Pontiac Catalina is a full-size automobile produced by Pontiac from 1950 to 1981. Initially, the name was a trim line on hardtop body styles, first appearing in the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines.
Catalina Duque Abréu is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss International 2025. She previously won Miss Colombia 2024 and became the fourth Colombian woman to win the Miss International title.
María Catalina Gómez Sánchez simply known as Catalina Gómez or Catalina Gómez Sánchez, is a Colombian journalist and news presenter. Gómez studied at the Pontifical Bolivarian University, where she majored in Social communication and journalist, subsequently, she debuted in 2006 in a local radio program, as producer, later, she entered as news reporter and anchor at the cable news channel based-in Bogota, Colombia NTN 24.
Catalina de Medrano was a wealthy noblewoman from the House of Medrano, a supplier of fine cloth for the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, a businesswoman, the widow of the Lieutenant Governor of Havana, Pedro Barba, and the wife of the famous maritime explorer Sebastian Cabot.