Catina
Catina is a name with a single cultural origin: Romanian.
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Catina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Catina is a name with a single cultural origin: Romanian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
The Story of Catina
Catina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1949, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 1,372 births, good for #202 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 86% of all recorded Catinas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2011 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 4K Catinas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Catina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Catina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cătălina
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About the name Catina
Catina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Catina's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #202. Use the chart and map above to compare Catina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.