Girls' name · since 2012
Kataleyah
Kataleyah has 267 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kataleyah is the #4343 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 267 recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kataleyah has been recorded 267 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #4343 nationally and more common than 75% 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.
- #16,955 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,343 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kataleyah ranks #16,955 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,343 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 267 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kataleyah's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kataleyah compares
267 43rd 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
Kataleyah's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kataleyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kataleyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kataleyah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kataleyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kataleyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (158 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Kataleyah's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kataleyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
158 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 158 births (59% of all-time use).
Kataleyah by state
Where Kataleyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 16.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 13.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.9% |
43 of 267 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Kataleyah's data
- California records the most Kataleyahs (43 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 Kataleyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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 Kataleyah 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.