Kataleya
Girl · kat-a-LAY-a · English
Kataleya is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Cattleya orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 458th for girls in the US (674 babies).
What does Kataleya mean?
English: from the orchid Cattleya, named after William Cattley
“Cattleya orchid”
Popularised by Cataleya, the heroine of the 2011 film Colombiana, who is named after the Cattleya orchid.
- Say it
- kat-a-LAY-a
Is Kataleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kataleya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 674 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kataleya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Kataleya, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kataleya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kataleya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 girls in the UK were given Kataleya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #458, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Cataleya 83
- Kataleya 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Kataleya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
How popular is Kataleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 674about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 674 girls in the US were named Kataleya, making it the 458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 772nd. It first appears in the records in 2011.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Kataleya of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Kataleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,076 girls in the US were given Kataleya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #458 for this spelling alone.
Kataleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 674 | #458 |
| 2024 | 601 | #511 |
| 2023 | 436 | #674 |
| 2022 | 367 | #775 |
| 2021 | 428 | #680 |
| 2020 | 352 | #772 |
| 2019 | 308 | #869 |
| 2018 | 282 | #943 |
| 2017 | 227 | #1,108 |
| 2016 | 207 | #1,201 |
| 2015 | 218 | #1,155 |
| 2014 | 233 | #1,092 |
| 2013 | 240 | #1,037 |
| 2012 | 197 | #1,231 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
Nicknames for Kataleya
- Kat
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