Cataleia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-uh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
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Cataleia is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “a type of orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Cataleia mean?
English: spelling of Cataleya, from the orchid genus Cattleya, named after William Cattley
“a type of orchid”
Cataleya is the heroine of the 2011 film Colombiana, named after the Cattleya orchid, Colombia's national flower.
Is Cataleia a girl's or a boy's name?
Cataleia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cataleia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
How popular is Cataleia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Cataleia, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Cataleia in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 184 girls in the US were given Cataleia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,109, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Cataleia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
Nicknames for Cataleia
- Cat
- Leia 105 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Cataleia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cecilia Olivia Amelia Isabella Azalea Arabella Indiana Emilia Felicity Cordelia Evelyn Ophelia
Other spellings of Cataleia
Catalaya Katalaya Kataleia Catalea Katalea Kataleah Cataleah
Names related to Cataleia
More English names
Lily Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cataleia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cataleia, updated 20 October 2026.