Girls' name · since 2012
Kataleah
193 babies named Kataleah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
193 babies have been named Kataleah since 2012, making it today's #8765 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kataleah recorded 193 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #8765 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #20,182 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,765 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 193 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kataleah ranks #20,182 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,765 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 193 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kataleah's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kataleah compares
193 36th 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
Kataleah's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kataleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 193 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kataleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kataleah's full recorded timeline at 2019, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kataleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kataleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (128 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Kataleah's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Kataleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 128 births (66% of all-time use).
Kataleah by state
Where Kataleah concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 23.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 3.6% |
46 of 193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Kataleah's data
- Kataleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kataleahs (46 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 Kataleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Kataleah 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.