Caleigh
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 322 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,768since 1984
Caleigh over time
Rank among girls' names. Caleigh has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,459 | 44 |
| 2024 | #2,694 | 64 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 |
| 2021 | #2,212 | 84 |
| 2020 | #2,078 | 88 |
| 2019 | #1,971 | 98 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 |
| 2017 | #1,824 | 113 |
| 2016 | #1,550 | 144 |
| 2015 | #1,258 | 194 |
| 2014 | #1,326 | 178 |
| 2013 | #1,529 | 143 |
| 2012 | #1,477 | 153 |
| 2011 | #1,135 | 216 |
| 2010 | #1,156 | 210 |
| 2009 | #924 | 289 |
| 2008 | #1,030 | 254 |
| 2007 | #1,027 | 257 |
| 2006 | #1,167 | 208 |
| 2005 | #1,019 | 239 |
| 2004 | #1,025 | 227 |
| 2003 | #998 | 232 |
| 2002 | #1,014 | 214 |
| 2001 | #936 | 237 |
| 2000 | #880 | 251 |
| 1999 | #702 | 322 |
| 1998 | #952 | 215 |
| 1997 | #1,187 | 153 |
| 1996 | #1,306 | 132 |
| 1995 | #1,482 | 107 |
| 1994 | #1,798 | 80 |
| 1993 | #1,882 | 75 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,356 | 54 |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caleigh! It came in at #8,153, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Caleigh is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#512 · 1 in 2,843
- South Carolina#574 · 1 in 2,707
- New Jersey#633 · 1 in 3,701
- Alabama#651 · 1 in 3,397
- Virginia#668 · 1 in 3,786
Best ever in a state: #223 in Maine, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #512 | 10 | 1 in 2,843 |
| South Carolina | #574 | 7 | 1 in 2,707 |
| New Jersey | #633 | 11 | 1 in 3,701 |
| Alabama | #651 | 6 | 1 in 3,397 |
| Virginia | #668 | 10 | 1 in 3,786 |
| Ohio | #765 | 11 | 1 in 5,209 |
| Indiana | #788 | 7 | 1 in 4,726 |
| Wisconsin | #808 | 5 | 1 in 5,036 |
| Pennsylvania | #814 | 10 | 1 in 5,534 |
| Maryland | #861 | 5 | 1 in 5,029 |
| North Carolina | #861 | 9 | 1 in 5,233 |
| Michigan | #889 | 8 | 1 in 5,900 |
| New York | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 7,425 |
| Illinois | #1,123 | 9 | 1 in 7,572 |
| Georgia | #1,366 | 6 | 1 in 8,972 |
| Texas | #1,619 | 13 | 1 in 12,783 |
| California | #1,911 | 13 | 1 in 18,059 |
| Florida | #2,023 | 5 | 1 in 17,824 |
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See more about Caleigh
- 765 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #3,459)
- 1,381 spots since 2020 (#2,078 → #3,459)
- 2,201 spots since 2015 (#1,258 → #3,459)
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1999 (#952 → #702)
- Biggest drop: 232 spots in 2010 (#924 → #1,156)
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 1999 at #702 (322 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1998–2001
- Highest: 1 in 5,509 girls born in 1999 were named Caleigh (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.7% of all girls named Caleigh (2,408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 150 | #2,539 (1988) | #4,309 |
| 1990s | 1,248 | #702 (1999) | #1,632 |
| 2000s | 2,408 | #880 (2000) | #1,002 |
| 2010s | 1,548 | #1,135 (2011) | #1,520 |
| 2020s | 414 | #2,078 (2020) | #2,613 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caleigh in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 9,140 of them was named Caleigh, which outranked 94.2% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,162Rachelle209
- #1,162Samaria209
- #1,162Samiyah209
- #1,167Caleigh208
- #1,167Ananya208
- #1,167Lexus208
- #1,167Mylee208
- #1,173Constance207
- #1,173Dallas207
- #1,173Gladys207
Tied with 5 names at #1,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.