Cataleya

“Variant of Cattleya — Orchid genus named after botanist William Cattley” — English (botanical) origin

Girl's name · #238 in the US (2025) · Trending

The whole story of Cataleya fits in one generation — unrecorded before 2011, about 12,000 girls since, and a 2025 rank of #238 (1,300 newborns last year). Cataleya rose sharply in the early 2010s, helped by the 2011 film Colombiana, whose heroine is Cataleya Restrepo. Together with its spelling variants Kataleya (#459) and Cattaleya (#1479), Cataleya would rank around #136 with about 2,100 births last year — the newborns split about 61/32/7 across Cataleya, Kataleya, and Cattaleya.

Around the world: #75 in Spain (2024) · #82 in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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