Kataleia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-ah-LAY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Kataleia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Kataleia mean?
Modern: variant of Cataleya, from the Cattleya orchid named after botanist William Cattley
A spelling of Cataleya, taken from the Cattleya orchid; Cataleya is the heroine of the 2011 film Colombiana.
Is Kataleia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kataleia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kataleia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Kataleia, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kataleia 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 Kataleia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,109, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
Kataleia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
Nicknames for Kataleia
- Kat
Names like Kataleia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Analeia Cataleya Kehlani Daleyza Khaleesi Amoura Ailany Oaklynn Wrenley Aubriella Avianna Haisley
Other spellings of Kataleia
Catalaya Katalaya Catalea Cataleia Katalea Kataleah Cataleah
Names related to Kataleia
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Mya Ailani Kayson Kaylani
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, “Kataleia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kataleia, updated 20 October 2026.