Caleigh

#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births

Peak · girls
1999 · 322 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,768
since 1984

Caleigh over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Caleigh has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #702, 1999girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,45944
2024#2,69464
2023#2,41574
2022#2,82160
2021#2,21284
2020#2,07888
2019#1,97198
2018#1,97899
2017#1,824113
2016#1,550144
2015#1,258194
2014#1,326178
2013#1,529143
2012#1,477153
2011#1,135216
2010#1,156210
2009#924289
2008#1,030254
2007#1,027257
2006#1,167208
2005#1,019239
2004#1,025227
2003#998232
2002#1,014214
2001#936237
2000#880251
1999#702322
1998#952215
1997#1,187153
1996#1,306132
1995#1,482107
1994#1,79880
1993#1,88275
1992#2,19161
1991#2,35654
1990#2,46449
1989#2,93137
1988#2,53942
1987#3,42426
1986#3,45925
1985#5,34813
1984#8,1537
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First appearance
1984

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 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMNIllinois: #775 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,027 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMINew York: #691 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,453 girlsNYMassachusetts: #365 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,247 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: #695 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,721 girlsINOhio: #484 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,135 girlsOHPennsylvania: #671 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,090 girlsPANew Jersey: #694 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,600 girlsNJConnecticut: #406 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,485 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,946 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 20,207 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: #814 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,892 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMOKentucky: #512 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,320 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: #655 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,310 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #599 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,686 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedMSAlabama: #400 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsALGeorgia: #840 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,360 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Caleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,479 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 12,768 girlsTXFlorida: #1,227 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,667 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#365 · 1 in 2,247
  2. Alabama#400 · 1 in 1,997
  3. Connecticut#406 · 1 in 2,485
  4. Ohio#484 · 1 in 3,135
  5. Kentucky#512 · 1 in 3,320

Best ever in a state: #223 in Maine, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#365141 in 2,247
Alabama#400101 in 1,997
Connecticut#40661 in 2,485
Ohio#484191 in 3,135
Kentucky#51261 in 3,320
North Carolina#599121 in 3,686
Tennessee#65571 in 4,310
Pennsylvania#671111 in 5,090
New York#691221 in 4,453
New Jersey#69491 in 4,600
Indiana#69571 in 4,721
Illinois#775141 in 5,027
Colorado#81451 in 4,892
Georgia#84091 in 5,360
Florida#1,22781 in 9,667
Texas#1,479121 in 12,768
California#1,946111 in 20,207
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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 Caleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1984
  • Peaked 1999 at #702 (322 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1998–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,509
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 41.7% of all girls named Caleigh (2,408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s150#2,539 (1988)#4,309
1990s1,248#702 (1999)#1,632
2000s2,408#880 (2000)#1,002
2010s1,548#1,135 (2011)#1,520
2020s414#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 2001

girls
#936
237 births · 1 in 7,598 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #936Caleigh237
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 7,598 of them was named Caleigh, which outranked 94.8% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caleigh
  1. #933Chanel238
  2. #933Gabriel238
  3. #933Jaquelin238
  4. #936Caleigh237
  5. #936Ryann237
  6. #936Scarlett237
  7. #939Saige236
  8. #940Jana235
  9. #940Journey235

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

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

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

See the top 100 for 2001 →