Kayleigh

Where Kayleigh comes from

The dictionaries list Kayleigh as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1984
    First appearance
    #8,153 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Kayleigh Barton born
    Welsh association football player
  3. 1988
    Kayleigh McEnany born
    American political commentator and writer
  4. 2009
    Peak, #227
    1,450 babies named Kayleigh — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #450.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
Namesakes
  • Kayleigh McEnany · American political commentator and writer, born 1988
  • Kayleigh Barton · Welsh association football player, born 1988
  • Kayleigh Hines · English association football player, born 1991
  • Kayleigh van Dooren · association football player, born 1999
  • Kayleigh Powell · Welsh Rugby Union player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.