Cataleya
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning pure; a modern respelling of Catalina or Cataleyah.
How Cataleya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #437 |
| 2016 | #511 |
| 2017 | #485 |
| 2018 | #483 |
| 2019 | #411 |
| 2020 | #387 |
| 2021 | #297 |
| 2022 | #341 |
| 2023 | #294 |
| 2024 | #236 |
| 2025 | #238 |
Cataleya by the numbers
In 2025, 79 babies in England and Wales were named Cataleya. In the US, 636 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 723 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Catalina
Like Cataleya, each of these traces back to Catalina: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cataleya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cataleya
Names that are said the same way as Cataleya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Cataleya, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Cataleya
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