Rising since 2017, #4,878 for girls today.
Popularity of Katalia since 2012
Babies named Katalia per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2014, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Katalia's real moment was 2022.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 167 |
| 2020s | 150 |
Meaning & origin
Katalia is a modern name that entered the U.S. baby name charts in 2012, a relatively recent addition to the landscape. Its peak popularity occurred in 2022, though it remains rare, with a 2025 ranking of 4878 and a frequency of about 1 in 59528 girls. The name has been on a rising trajectory since 2017, showing increasing interest. Geographically, Katalia is most common in Texas, reflecting broader trends of inventive, feminized names in the region. As a modern coinage, Katalia lacks the deep historical roots of older names, but its sound and structure fit well within contemporary naming preferences for melodic, multi-syllabic girl names ending in 'a'.
Katalia is a modern invented name, likely formed by combining the popular prefix Kat- (from names like Katherine) with the fashionable -lia suffix seen in names like Amelia and Natalia. It first appeared in U.S. records in 2012 and has risen slowly in use, particularly in Texas. There is no established etymological root, as it is a 21st-century coinage.
Where Katalia is most popular
Births per 100,000 girls by state, 2025. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
“Katalia” around the world
Where Katalia lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
5
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Kat, Katie, Lia, Tali
Sibling names for Katalia
Names that share Katalia's style, for a brother or sister.
