Kataleya is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Kataleya means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Kataleya across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Kataleya has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Kataleya is a girl name of Modern origin meaning “variant of the cattleya orchid”. A respelling of Cattleya, popularized as a given name in recent decades.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,780 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 134 births |
| Ireland since 1964 | 12 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Kataleya per year, United States (2011 to 2025). United States peaked in 2025 (674/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2022 (24/yr) · Ireland peaked in 2023 (5/yr).
Kataleya has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2025, when it ranked #930 nationally (given to 687 babies that year).
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