Caleigh
Caleigh was the 3474th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 703rd with 322 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,215 places. More babies were named Caleigh in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,474 girls, down 1,391 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1999322 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,768babies recorded
Caleigh popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,474 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,083 | 88 |
| 2010 | #1,156 | 210 |
| 2000 | #880 | 251 |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 |
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How popular is Caleigh, counting every spelling?
Caleigh is a spelling of Kaleigh, a name family that ranked #1,469 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,474 for Caleigh on its own. Together these spellings went to 128 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleigh | 56 | #2,973 | 382 |
| Caleigh | 44 | #3,474 | 326 |
| Calleigh | 18 | #6,368 | 130 |
| Kalleigh | 10 | #9,766 | 49 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Caleigh?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Caleigh (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Caleigh born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Caleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Caleigh?
About 5,700 people born in the US named Caleigh are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 14 and 26. That makes Caleigh mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Caleigh by state
How common Caleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Caleigh
How popular is the name Caleigh?
Caleigh was the 3474th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 703rd with 322 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,215 places. More babies were named Caleigh in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Caleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Caleigh in the US.
Where is Caleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Caleigh was most common in Mississippi (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Florida.