Girls' name · since 2012
Cataleyah
Cataleyah has 225 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,092 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cataleyah currently ranks #7092 among girls' names in America, with 225 babies recorded since 2012.
Cataleyah has 225 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7092 as of the latest data, more common than 59% 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.
- #18,604 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,092 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cataleyah ranks #18,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,092 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 225 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,092 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cataleyah's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Cataleyah compares
225 39th 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
Cataleyah's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cataleyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cataleyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cataleyah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cataleyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Cataleyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (128 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Cataleyah's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Cataleyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 128 births (57% of all-time use).
Cataleyah by state
Where Cataleyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 16 | 7.1% |
18 of 225 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Cataleyah's data
- Cataleyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2020s (97) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Cataleyahs (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cataleyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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 Cataleyah 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.