Catalaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-uh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Catalaya is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Catalaya mean?
English: variant of Cataleya, from the orchid Cattleya, named after botanist William Cattley
Cataleya spread after the 2011 film Colombiana, whose heroine is named after the Cattleya orchid.
Is Catalaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Catalaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Catalaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Catalaya, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Catalaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 184 girls in the US were given Catalaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,109, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Catalaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
Nicknames for Catalaya
- Cat
Names like Catalaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold, Amoura, Alaia, Cattaleya, Analeia, Magnolia, Collins, Palmer, Alaya, Calliope, Cattleya, Azalea
Other spellings of Catalaya
Katalaya, Kataleia, Catalea, Cataleia, Katalea, Kataleah, Cataleah
Names related to Catalaya
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Catalaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/catalaya, updated 20 October 2026.