Kattleya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-LAY-a
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Kattleya is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “cattleya orchid”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Kattleya mean?
English: spelling of Cattleya; orchid genus named after William Cattley
“cattleya orchid”
The orchid genus Cattleya is named after William Cattley, an English plant collector of the early 19th century.
Meaning borrowed from Cattleya.
Is Kattleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kattleya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kattleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Kattleya, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kattleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 girls in the US were given Kattleya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,024, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
- Cattleya 187
- Kattleya 24
Kattleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
Names like Kattleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Klarity Everly Cataleya Collins Sevyn Kinsley Elowyn Royalty Legacy Cattaleya Briella Daleyza
Other spellings of Kattleya
Names related to Kattleya
Kataleya Kattaleya Kataleyah Kataleia Katalea Kataleah Kattaleia
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Kattleya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kattleya, updated 20 October 2026.