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
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 729 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,244since 1980
Kaleigh over time
Rank among girls' names. Kaleigh has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,957 | 56 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,749 | 62 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,851 | 108 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,678 | 122 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,452 | 152 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,325 | 171 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,334 | 174 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 183 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,049 | 251 | — | |
| 2014 | #896 | 303 | — | |
| 2013 | #852 | 305 | — | |
| 2012 | #793 | 337 | — | |
| 2011 | #688 | 408 | — | |
| 2010 | #584 | 503 | — | |
| 2009 | #628 | 479 | — | |
| 2008 | #578 | 534 | — | |
| 2007 | #543 | 571 | — | |
| 2006 | #489 | 636 | — | |
| 2005 | #451 | 675 | — | |
| 2004 | #463 | 641 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #449 | 668 | — | |
| 2002 | #433 | 670 | — | |
| 2001 | #399 | 729 | — | |
| 2000 | #415 | 683 | — | |
| 1999 | #427 | 647 | — | |
| 1998 | #423 | 625 | — | |
| 1997 | #464 | 538 | — | |
| 1996 | #481 | 499 | — | |
| 1995 | #481 | 515 | — | |
| 1994 | #481 | 520 | — | |
| 1993 | #525 | 463 | — | |
| 1992 | #435 | 577 | — | |
| 1991 | #532 | 438 | — | |
| 1990 | #529 | 448 | — | |
| 1989 | #608 | 349 | — | |
| 1988 | #613 | 326 | — | |
| 1987 | #648 | 290 | — | |
| 1986 | #641 | 288 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,483 | 83 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
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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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#140 · 1 in 492
- Louisiana#146 · 1 in 650
- West Virginia#198 · 1 in 798
- South Carolina#200 · 1 in 856
- Massachusetts#203 · 1 in 945
Best ever in a state: #113 in West Virginia, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #140 | 8 | 1 in 492 |
| Louisiana | #146 | 32 | 1 in 650 |
| West Virginia | #198 | 9 | 1 in 798 |
| South Carolina | #200 | 20 | 1 in 856 |
| Massachusetts | #203 | 31 | 1 in 945 |
| Kentucky | #233 | 21 | 1 in 927 |
| Alabama | #260 | 17 | 1 in 1,139 |
| Connecticut | #271 | 11 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Tennessee | #275 | 24 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Arkansas | #278 | 10 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Indiana | #297 | 23 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Nebraska | #298 | 7 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Mississippi | #319 | 9 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Georgia | #322 | 32 | 1 in 1,579 |
| Ohio | #355 | 30 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Pennsylvania | #359 | 30 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Virginia | #361 | 21 | 1 in 1,761 |
| New Jersey | #433 | 18 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Oklahoma | #453 | 8 | 1 in 2,107 |
| Illinois | #457 | 28 | 1 in 2,446 |
| North Carolina | #475 | 18 | 1 in 2,470 |
| Texas | #483 | 60 | 1 in 2,655 |
| Kansas | #484 | 6 | 1 in 2,258 |
| Arizona | #511 | 14 | 1 in 2,459 |
| Minnesota | #535 | 8 | 1 in 3,282 |
| New York | #551 | 31 | 1 in 3,129 |
| Missouri | #567 | 9 | 1 in 3,154 |
| Michigan | #602 | 13 | 1 in 3,711 |
| Florida | #606 | 23 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Maryland | #632 | 7 | 1 in 3,501 |
| California | #1,361 | 20 | 1 in 11,442 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2001 at #399 (729 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1986–2014
- 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%)
- 38.7% of all girls named Kaleigh (6,286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,397 | #608 (1989) | #3,591 |
| 1990s | 5,270 | #423 (1998) | #478 |
| 2000s | 6,286 | #399 (2001) | #485 |
| 2010s | 2,787 | #584 (2010) | #1,028 |
| 2020s | 504 | #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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 2,865 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 97.5% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 330,830 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 24.8% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,927Zohar7
- #8,927Zy7
- #8,927Zyshawn7
- #9,948Kaleigh6
- #9,948Aadon6
- #9,948Aalim6
- #9,948Aamari6
- #11,356Aadin5
- #11,356Aareon5
- #11,356Aaronjosh5
Tied with 1,407 names at #9,948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.