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Catalea

Girl · kat-uh-LAY-uh · Modern

Catalea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).

Where does Catalea come from?

Modern: spelling of Katalea; modern coinage, perhaps from Kat- and Leah

Say it
kat-uh-LAY-uh

Meaning borrowed from Katalea.

Is Catalea a girl's or a boy's name?

Catalea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Catalea in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,721among girls
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 77,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Catalea, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Catalea than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Catalea in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 184 girls in the US were given Catalea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,109, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.

2012Busiest: 21 in 20182025
Catalea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202521#5,721
202419#6,164
202318#6,404
202214#7,626
202113#8,019
202015#7,208
201912#8,592
201821#5,781
20179#10,685
201612#8,872
201512#8,926
20149#10,949
20139#10,995
201220#6,338

Nicknames for Catalea

Names like Catalea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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