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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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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2020#1,678122—
2019#1,452152—
2018#1,325171—
2017#1,334174—
2016#1,307183—
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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 1989

  • 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: #182 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 984 girlsNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #512 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,681 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: #418 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,181 girlsMINew York: #612 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,751 girlsNYMassachusetts: #237 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,540 girlsMARhode 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: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,172 girlsIAIndiana: #311 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,020 girlsINOhio: #448 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,676 girlsOHPennsylvania: #844 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,979 girlsPANew Jersey: #934 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,598 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,070 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 10,166 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: #289 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,824 girlsNEMissouri: #550 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,647 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #711 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,086 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: #296 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,766 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #743 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,781 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #509 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,219 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMSAlabama: #452 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,238 girlsALGeorgia: #632 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,231 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #644 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 4,764 girlsTXFlorida: #361 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,407 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#182 · 1 in 984
  2. Massachusetts#237 · 1 in 1,540
  3. Nebraska#289 · 1 in 1,824
  4. Kansas#296 · 1 in 1,766
  5. Indiana#311 · 1 in 2,020

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#18271 in 984
Massachusetts#237251 in 1,540
Nebraska#28951 in 1,824
Kansas#29681 in 1,766
Indiana#311171 in 2,020
Florida#361321 in 2,407
Iowa#38951 in 3,172
Michigan#418191 in 3,181
Ohio#448191 in 3,676
Alabama#45271 in 3,238
Louisiana#50981 in 3,219
Illinois#512211 in 3,681
Missouri#55071 in 4,647
New York#612251 in 4,751
Georgia#63281 in 5,231
Texas#644281 in 4,764
Arizona#71151 in 5,086
North Carolina#74361 in 6,781
Pennsylvania#84481 in 8,979
New Jersey#93451 in 9,598
California#1,070241 in 10,166
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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 1989

girls
#608
349 births · 1 in 5,282 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #608Kaleigh349
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,282 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 95.8% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaleigh
  1. #604Mariana355
  2. #606Jayme352
  3. #607Kirstin351
  4. #608Kaleigh349
  5. #608Kenya349
  6. #610Jean348
  7. #610Kaci348
  8. #610Leann348

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

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →