Girls' name · since 2011
Cattleya
Cattleya has 2,085 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,085
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cattleya is the #1218 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,085 recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cattleya has been recorded 2,085 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #1218 nationally and more common than 93% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #4,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,218 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,085 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cattleya ranks #4,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,218 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,085 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,085
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cattleya's 2,085 recorded births place it above 93.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cattleya compares
2,085 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Cattleya's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cattleya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,085 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 293 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cattleya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cattleya's full recorded timeline at 2018, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 293 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cattleya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 293
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Cattleya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,082 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Cattleya's strongest decade.
1,082 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cattleya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
1,003 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,082 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,082 births (52% of all-time use).
How Cattleya 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 Cattleya's total volume
Cattleya by state
Where Cattleya concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 338 | 16.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 313 | 15.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 185 | 8.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 138 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 74 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 51 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 41 | 2.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 40 | 1.9% |
338 of 2,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Cattleya appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Cattleyas (338 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cattleya: 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 (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Cattleya 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.