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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,95756—
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2022#2,36478—
2021#1,851108—
2020#1,678122—
2019#1,452152—
2018#1,325171—
2017#1,334174—
2016#1,307183—
2015#1,049251—
2014#896303—
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2004#463641#9,9486
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1983#4,68615—
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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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: #191 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 642 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #145 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 487 girlsNHWashington: #930 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,054 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: #948 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,529 girlsILWisconsin: #667 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,353 girlsWIMichigan: #608 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,200 girlsMINew York: #823 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,652 girlsNYMassachusetts: #341 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,598 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: #428 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,021 girlsINOhio: #632 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,451 girlsOHPennsylvania: #427 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsPANew Jersey: #465 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,326 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,208 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 8,440 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: #887 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,571 girlsCONebraska: #348 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,314 girlsNEMissouri: #500 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,486 girlsMOKentucky: #370 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,669 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #398 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,876 girlsVAMaryland: #520 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #660 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,158 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: #587 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,934 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #298 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,322 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #308 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,263 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #458 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsOKLouisiana: #263 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,093 girlsLAMississippi: #140 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 579 girlsMSAlabama: #319 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsALGeorgia: #355 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,654 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #670 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 3,628 girlsTXFlorida: #863 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#140 · 1 in 579
  2. New Hampshire#145 · 1 in 487
  3. Maine#191 · 1 in 642
  4. Louisiana#263 · 1 in 1,093
  5. North Carolina#298 · 1 in 1,322

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#140191 in 579
New Hampshire#14581 in 487
Maine#19161 in 642
Louisiana#263181 in 1,093
North Carolina#298341 in 1,322
South Carolina#308141 in 1,263
Alabama#319141 in 1,351
Massachusetts#341161 in 1,598
Nebraska#34861 in 1,314
Georgia#355291 in 1,654
Kentucky#370111 in 1,669
Virginia#398191 in 1,876
Pennsylvania#427251 in 2,117
Indiana#428151 in 2,021
Oklahoma#45891 in 1,879
Kansas#46571 in 1,910
New Jersey#465161 in 2,326
Missouri#500111 in 2,486
Maryland#520101 in 2,433
Tennessee#587101 in 2,934
Michigan#608131 in 3,200
Ohio#632151 in 3,451
Arizona#660101 in 3,158
Wisconsin#66771 in 3,353
Texas#670441 in 3,628
New York#823201 in 4,652
Florida#863161 in 4,974
Colorado#88751 in 4,571
Washington#93061 in 5,054
Illinois#948111 in 5,529
California#1,208251 in 8,440
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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 2010

girls
#584
503 births · 1 in 3,534 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #584Kaleigh503
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 3,534 of them was named Kaleigh, which outranked 97.1% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaleigh
  1. #581Lesly505
  2. #582Kiana504
  3. #582Yasmin504
  4. #584Kaleigh503
  5. #585Kristina501
  6. #585Regina501
  7. #587Rihanna500
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →