Cataleya — #237 US girls' name
10,632 babies named Cataleya in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Cataleya was born in this single decade.
1,311 babies were named Cataleya in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cataleya
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,632 babies named Cataleya between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cataleya currently holds the #237 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,311 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cataleya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,435 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cataleya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cataleya in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cataleya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,632 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cataleya at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Cataleya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,311
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #237 among girls.
10,632 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 1,311 births in a single year.
Cataleya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5,435 births that decade — 51% of Cataleya's all-time total
Cataleya decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,435 births
- Runner-up 5,197 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cataleya's strongest decade
5,435 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Cataleya by state
Where Cataleya concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,212 | 20.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,063 | 19.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 699 | 6.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 471 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 438 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 359 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 274 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 268 | 2.5% |
2,212 of 10,632 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.8% of nationwide
- Texas 19.4% of nationwide
- Florida 6.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Cataleya appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.