Cayleigh
- #4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 162 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,297since 1986
Cayleigh over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cayleigh has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 |
| 2021 | #2,784 | 61 |
| 2020 | #2,376 | 74 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 |
| 2017 | #2,689 | 64 |
| 2016 | #1,942 | 103 |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 |
| 2014 | #1,940 | 103 |
| 2013 | #1,634 | 131 |
| 2012 | #1,782 | 115 |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 |
| 2010 | #1,562 | 142 |
| 2009 | #1,441 | 162 |
| 2008 | #2,137 | 94 |
| 2007 | #2,485 | 75 |
| 2006 | #2,555 | 71 |
| 2005 | #2,225 | 82 |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 |
| 2001 | #2,963 | 48 |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1986
The first year at least five girls were named Cayleigh! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1989, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.
Where Cayleigh is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Cayleigh in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cayleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,502 spots since 2020 (#2,376 → #4,878)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2009 at #1,441 (162 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,340
- Highest: 1 in 11,340 girls born in 2009 were named Cayleigh (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 42.9% of all girls named Cayleigh (986) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 51 | #4,724 (1986) | #6,016 |
| 1990s | 249 | #2,651 (1998) | #4,560 |
| 2000s | 757 | #1,441 (2009) | #2,490 |
| 2010s | 986 | #1,562 (2010) | #2,127 |
| 2020s | 254 | #2,376 (2020) | #3,945 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Cayleigh ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: