Katalea — #5755 US girls' name
193 babies named Katalea in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Katalea was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Katalea in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katalea
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Katalea between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katalea currently holds the #5755 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katalea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Katalea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Katalea in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katalea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 193 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Katalea at a glance
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Current rank
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Katalea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2023)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #5755 among girls.
193 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 22 births in a single year.
Katalea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 55% of Katalea's all-time total
Katalea decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Katalea's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Katalea by state
Where Katalea concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 45 | 23.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 18 | 9.3% |
45 of 193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 23.3% of nationwide
- Texas 9.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.