Cathaleya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-tah-LAY-ah
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Cathaleya is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “a type of orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Cathaleya mean?
English: spelling of Kathaleya, itself a spelling of Cataleya, from the orchid genus Cattleya
“a type of orchid”
A spelling of Cataleya, heroine of the 2011 film Colombiana, named after the Cattleya orchid.
Meaning borrowed from Kathaleya.
Is Cathaleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Cathaleya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cathaleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Cathaleya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Cathaleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cathaleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
Nicknames for Cathaleya
- Kat
Names like Cathaleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cataleya, Cattaleya, Cattleya, Collins, Sevyn, Analeia, Everly, Magnolia, Calliope, Azalea, Klarity, Coraline
Names related to Cathaleya
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, “Cathaleya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cathaleya, updated 20 October 2026.