girl's name
Cattleya
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 2,554
Cattleya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 187 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 293 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 17,729 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2011.
Cattleya over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,003 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,082 |
How popular is Cattleya?
In 2025, Cattleya was given to 187 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Cattleya is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Cattleya is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Cattléya | Cattléya is a rare spelling of Cattleya, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Cattleya
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Cattleya also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cattleya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Cattleya
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cattleya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Cattleya
How popular is the name Cattleya?
In 2025, Cattleya was given to 187 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Cattleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Cattleya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Cattleya most popular?
Cattleya peaked in 2024, when 293 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Cattleya a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Cattleya currently ranks #1,211 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.