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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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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2025#2,95756—
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2021#1,851108—
2020#1,678122—
2019#1,452152—
2018#1,325171—
2017#1,334174—
2016#1,307183—
2015#1,049251—
2014#896303—
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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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,110 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,269 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,449 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,755 girlsILWisconsin: #848 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,655 girlsWIMichigan: #901 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,273 girlsMINew York: #1,762 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,046 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedINOhio: #1,276 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,797 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,120 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,542 girlsPANew Jersey: #856 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,645 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,036 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 18,667 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #772 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,164 girlsVAMaryland: #693 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,443 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedKSArkansas: #574 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,364 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #678 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,493 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #316 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #350 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsLAMississippi: #246 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 936 girlsMSAlabama: #332 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,405 girlsALGeorgia: #443 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,310 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,930 girlsTXFlorida: #1,471 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,746 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#246 · 1 in 936
  2. South Carolina#316 · 1 in 1,312
  3. Alabama#332 · 1 in 1,405
  4. Louisiana#350 · 1 in 1,419
  5. Georgia#443 · 1 in 2,117

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#246121 in 936
South Carolina#316141 in 1,312
Alabama#332141 in 1,405
Louisiana#350151 in 1,419
Georgia#443231 in 2,117
Arkansas#57451 in 2,364
North Carolina#678131 in 3,493
Maryland#69371 in 3,443
Virginia#77291 in 4,164
Wisconsin#84851 in 4,655
New Jersey#85681 in 4,645
Michigan#90181 in 5,273
Washington#1,11051 in 6,269
Pennsylvania#1,12071 in 7,542
Ohio#1,27661 in 8,797
Texas#1,310191 in 8,930
Illinois#1,44961 in 9,755
Florida#1,47181 in 10,746
New York#1,76271 in 13,046
California#2,036111 in 18,667
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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 2015

girls
#1,049
251 births · 1 in 7,112 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #1,049Kaleigh251
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 7,112 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 94.5% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaleigh
  1. #1,045Ellianna254
  2. #1,047Robyn252
  3. #1,047Samiyah252
  4. #1,049Kaleigh251
  5. #1,049Amayah251
  6. #1,049Belle251
  7. #1,049Harleigh251
  8. #1,054Kaylani250
  9. #1,055Alaysia249
  10. #1,055Araceli249

Tied with 4 names at #1,049; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →