Girls' name · since 2012
Cateleya
Cateleya has 101 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cateleya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 101 have been recorded since 2012.
Cateleya has 101 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2024.
- #26,975 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 101 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cateleya ranks #26,975 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cateleya's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Cateleya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cateleya's full recorded timeline at 2019, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cateleya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Cateleya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Cateleya's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Cateleya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (54% of all-time use).
Cateleya by state
Where Cateleya concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 9.9% |
10 of 101 births nationwide.
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- Cateleya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Cateleyas (10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Cateleya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
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, 2012–2024 (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 Cateleya 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.