Girls' name · since 2012
Cattaleya
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 966 babies named Cattaleya, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,483 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 966
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cattaleya currently ranks #1483 among girls' names in America, with 966 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Cattaleya recorded 966 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #1483 nationally today, ahead of 91% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #7,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,483 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 966 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cattaleya ranks #7,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,483 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 966 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,483 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 966
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cattaleya's 966 recorded births place it above 89.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cattaleya compares
966 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Cattaleya's all-time total is 157% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cattaleya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 966 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 165 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cattaleya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cattaleya's full recorded timeline at 2019, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 30 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 165 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cattaleya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 165
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Cattaleya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (590 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Cattaleya's strongest decade.
590 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Cattaleya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
376 births
- 2020s
2020s
590 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 590 births (61% of all-time use).
How Cattaleya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cattaleya's total volume
Cattaleya by state
Where Cattaleya concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 195 | 20.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 192 | 19.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 79 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 20 | 2.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Washington | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
195 of 966 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Cattaleya appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Cattaleyas (195 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 Cattaleya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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 Cattaleya 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.