Kaleigh

#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 729 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,244
since 1980

Kaleigh over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaleigh has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #399, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,95756—
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2023#2,33678—
2022#2,36478—
2021#1,851108—
2020#1,678122—
2019#1,452152—
2018#1,325171—
2017#1,334174—
2016#1,307183—
2015#1,049251—
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2004#463641#9,9486
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Kaleigh! It came in at #8,178, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980–1982, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaleigh is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: #204 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 881 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNHWashington: #691 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,174 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #667 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,996 girlsMNIllinois: #463 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,793 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: #390 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,332 girlsMINew York: #571 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,565 girlsNYMassachusetts: #264 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsMARhode Island: #176 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 692 girlsRIOregon: #600 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,262 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: #460 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,768 girlsINOhio: #372 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,198 girlsOHPennsylvania: #443 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,897 girlsPANew Jersey: #315 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,806 girlsNJConnecticut: #312 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,704 girlsCTCalifornia: #898 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 6,638 girlsCAUtah: #599 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,321 girlsUTColorado: #489 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,563 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: #358 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsMOKentucky: #256 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,338 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #322 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsVAMaryland: #438 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,394 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #624 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,383 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: #252 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsKSArkansas: #206 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 906 girlsARTennessee: #248 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,276 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #276 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,417 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,121 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #265 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,192 girlsOKLouisiana: #301 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,469 girlsLAMississippi: #193 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 843 girlsMSAlabama: #183 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 844 girlsALGeorgia: #256 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,236 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #447 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 2,583 girlsTXFlorida: #390 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,198 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#176 · 1 in 692
  2. Alabama#183 · 1 in 844
  3. Mississippi#193 · 1 in 843
  4. Maine#204 · 1 in 881
  5. Arkansas#206 · 1 in 906

Best ever in a state: #113 in West Virginia, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#17661 in 692
Alabama#183251 in 844
Mississippi#193141 in 843
Maine#20451 in 881
Arkansas#206131 in 906
Tennessee#248241 in 1,276
Kansas#252131 in 1,009
Georgia#256371 in 1,236
Kentucky#256151 in 1,338
Massachusetts#264231 in 1,364
Oklahoma#265141 in 1,192
North Carolina#276301 in 1,417
Louisiana#301151 in 1,469
Connecticut#31291 in 1,704
New Jersey#315231 in 1,806
Virginia#322201 in 1,718
Missouri#358151 in 1,951
Ohio#372281 in 2,198
Florida#390341 in 2,198
Michigan#390221 in 2,332
South Carolina#40581 in 2,121
Maryland#438101 in 2,394
Pennsylvania#443201 in 2,897
Texas#447571 in 2,583
Indiana#460121 in 2,768
Illinois#463251 in 2,793
Colorado#48991 in 2,563
New York#571281 in 3,565
Utah#59951 in 3,321
Oregon#60051 in 3,262
Arizona#62491 in 3,383
Minnesota#66751 in 4,996
Washington#69171 in 4,174
California#898331 in 6,638
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kaleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 208 spots since 2024 (#2,749 → #2,957)
  • 1,279 spots since 2020 (#1,678 → #2,957)
  • 1,908 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #2,957)
  • Biggest jump: 842 spots in 1986 (#1,483 → #641)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 2015 (#896 → #1,049)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 2001 at #399 (729 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1986–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,470
  • Highest: 1 in 2,470 girls born in 2001 were named Kaleigh (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 38.7% of all girls named Kaleigh (6,286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s1,397#608 (1989)#3,591
1990s5,270#423 (1998)#478
2000s6,286#399 (2001)#485
2010s2,787#584 (2010)#1,028
2020s504#1,678 (2020)#2,323

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.

Kaleigh in 1999

girls
#427
647 births · 1 in 2,742 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #427Kaleigh647
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 2,742 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 97.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaleigh
  1. #424Rhiannon651
  2. #425Ashlynn649
  3. #425Haleigh649
  4. #427Kaleigh647
  5. #427Tatum647
  6. #429Jaclyn646
  7. #429Janet646
  8. #431Bailee641

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999 →