Katalea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-uh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Katalea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Katalea come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Kat- and Leah
Is Katalea a girl's or a boy's name?
Katalea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katalea 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 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Katalea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Katalea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Katalea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Katalea, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Katalea in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 184 girls in the US were given Katalea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,109, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Katalea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
Nicknames for Katalea
- Kat
Names like Katalea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella Isla Emilia Myla Indie Freya Maeva Thea Lyra Cataleya Mila Elodie
Other spellings of Katalea
Catalaya Katalaya Kataleia Catalea Cataleia Kataleah Cataleah
Names related to Katalea
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Katalea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katalea, updated 20 October 2026.