Cataleyah
Girl · kat-a-LAY-a · Modern
Cataleyah is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “cattleya orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Cataleyah mean?
Modern: spelling of Cataleya; from the cattleya orchid; popularised by the 2011 film Colombiana
“cattleya orchid”
The film heroine was named after the cattleya orchid, which honours English plant collector William Cattley.
- Say it
- kat-a-LAY-a
Meaning borrowed from Cataleya.
Is Cataleyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Cataleyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cataleyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Cataleyah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Cataleyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,076 girls in the US were given Cataleyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Cataleyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
Nicknames for Cataleyah
- Cat
Names like Cataleyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Analeia Amoura Daleyza Calliope Oaklynn Wrenley Haisley Khaleesi Collins Lakelynn Zaliyah Zariah
Other spellings of Cataleyah
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