Girls' name · since 2013
Catelaya
Catelaya has 46 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
46 babies have been named Catelaya since 2013, making it today's #16485 girls' name.
Catelaya has 46 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16485 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2013 to 2025.
- #35,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,485 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 46 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catelaya ranks #35,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,485 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 46 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #35,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Catelaya's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Catelaya compares
46 15th 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
Catelaya's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Catelaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 46 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Catelaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Catelaya's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Catelaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Catelaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Catelaya's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Catelaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Catelaya's data
- Catelaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Catelaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Catelaya 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.