Girls' name · since 2012
Kataleia
Kataleia has 228 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,530 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kataleia is the #5530 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 228 recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kataleia has been recorded 228 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #5530 nationally and more common than 68% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #18,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,530 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 228 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kataleia ranks #18,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,530 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 228 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,530 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kataleia's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kataleia compares
228 39th 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
Kataleia's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kataleia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 228 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kataleia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kataleia's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kataleia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kataleia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (133 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Kataleia's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kataleia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
133 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 133 births (58% of all-time use).
Kataleia by state
Where Kataleia concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 15.4% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 4.4% |
35 of 228 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Kataleias (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Kataleia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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 Kataleia 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.