Kattaleya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-a-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Kattaleya 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 Kattaleya 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.
Meaning borrowed from Cataleya.
Is Kattaleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kattaleya 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 Kattaleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Kattaleya, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kattaleya 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 Kattaleya 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.
Kattaleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
Nicknames for Kattaleya
- Cat
Names like Kattaleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Analeia Daleyza Amoura Khaleesi Aubriella Oaklynn Wrenley Kehlani Avianna Haisley Cattaleya Ailany
Other spellings of Kattaleya
Names related to Kattaleya
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, “Kattaleya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kattaleya, updated 20 October 2026.