Kathaleya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-tah-LAY-ah
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Kathaleya is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “a type of orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Kathaleya mean?
English: 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.
Is Kathaleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathaleya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kathaleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Kathaleya, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kathaleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kathaleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
Nicknames for Kathaleya
- Kat
Names like Kathaleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cataleya Adhara Cattaleya Amoura Klarity Navy Khaleesi Cattleya Analeia Everly Daleyza Aadhya
Names related to Kathaleya
Kataleya Kattaleya Katalaya Katalia Kataleyah Kataleia Katalea
More English names
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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, “Kathaleya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathaleya, updated 20 October 2026.