Girls' name · since 2012
Cataleah
110 babies named Cataleah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,398 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 110
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cataleah is the #14398 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 110 recorded since 2012.
Cataleah has 110 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14398 as of the latest data, more common than 17% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #26,040 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,398 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 110 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cataleah ranks #26,040 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,398 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 110 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,398 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 110
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cataleah's 110 recorded births place it above 63.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Cataleah compares
110 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cataleah's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cataleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 110 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cataleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cataleah's full recorded timeline at 2018, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cataleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Cataleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (69 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Cataleah's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Cataleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 69 births (63% of all-time use).
Cataleah by state
Where Cataleah concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 5.5% |
6 of 110 births nationwide.
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What to do with Cataleah's data
- Cataleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Cataleahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cataleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cataleah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.