Kataleyah
Girl · kat-a-LAY-a · Modern
Kataleyah is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “cattleya orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Kataleyah 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 Kataleyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kataleyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kataleyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Kataleyah, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. It first appears in the records in 2012.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Kataleyah of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kataleyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,076 girls in the US were given Kataleyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
Kataleyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
Nicknames for Kataleyah
- Cat
Names like Kataleyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Kataleyah
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