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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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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2019#1,452152—
2018#1,325171—
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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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: #212 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,202 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #193 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,010 girlsNHWashington: #556 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,867 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: #513 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,692 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: #442 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,355 girlsMINew York: #539 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,839 girlsNYMassachusetts: #255 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,513 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: #338 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,322 girlsINOhio: #265 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,799 girlsOHPennsylvania: #683 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,455 girlsPANew Jersey: #843 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,781 girlsNJConnecticut: #430 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsCTCalifornia: #972 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 8,436 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: #264 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,480 girlsNEMissouri: #565 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,640 girlsMOKentucky: #516 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,292 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #452 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,580 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: #282 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,671 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #541 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,855 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #313 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,895 girlsOKLouisiana: #699 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsLAMississippi: #280 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsMSAlabama: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,414 girlsALGeorgia: #313 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,993 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #495 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,327 girlsTXFlorida: #442 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,054 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#193 · 1 in 1,010
  2. Maine#212 · 1 in 1,202
  3. Massachusetts#255 · 1 in 1,513
  4. Nebraska#264 · 1 in 1,480
  5. Ohio#265 · 1 in 1,799

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#19361 in 1,010
Maine#21251 in 1,202
Massachusetts#255241 in 1,513
Nebraska#26461 in 1,480
Ohio#265391 in 1,799
Mississippi#28091 in 1,496
Kansas#28281 in 1,671
Georgia#313211 in 1,993
Oklahoma#31391 in 1,895
Indiana#338151 in 2,322
Connecticut#43061 in 3,089
Florida#442251 in 3,054
Michigan#442181 in 3,355
Arizona#452101 in 2,580
Texas#495411 in 3,327
Illinois#513211 in 3,692
Kentucky#51651 in 4,292
New York#539311 in 3,839
South Carolina#54151 in 3,855
Washington#55681 in 3,867
Missouri#56571 in 4,640
Alabama#57951 in 4,414
North Carolina#61281 in 4,981
Virginia#61871 in 5,270
Pennsylvania#683111 in 6,455
Louisiana#69951 in 5,010
New Jersey#84361 in 7,781
California#972311 in 8,436
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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 1991

girls
#532
438 births · 1 in 4,281 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #532Kaleigh438
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 4,281 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 96.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaleigh
  1. #529Tayler441
  2. #530Maureen440
  3. #531Shantel439
  4. #532Kaleigh438
  5. #532Blair438
  6. #532Kaley438
  7. #535Stacie437
  8. #536Juanita436
  9. #537Emilee435

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →