Kaleigh
Kaleigh was the 2973rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 56 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 399th with 729 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,921 places. More babies were named Kaleigh in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,973 girls, down 1,290 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 56girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2001729 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,250babies recorded
Kaleigh popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 2004.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,973 | 56 |
| 2020 | #1,683 | 122 |
| 2010 | #584 | 503 |
| 2000 | #415 | 683 |
| 1990 | #530 | 448 |
| 1980 | #8,544 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kaleigh, counting every spelling?
Kaleigh is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,469 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,973 for Kaleigh 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 Kaleigh?
56 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kaleigh (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kaleigh 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 150 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kaleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kaleigh?
About 16,000 people born in the US named Kaleigh are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 18 and 31. That makes Kaleigh 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.
Kaleigh by state
How common Kaleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (5.2×). In 39 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
These names rose and fell in step with Kaleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kaleigh, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kaleigh
How popular is the name Kaleigh?
Kaleigh was the 2973rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 56 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 399th with 729 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,921 places. More babies were named Kaleigh in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kaleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kaleigh in the US.
Where is Kaleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kaleigh was most common in Alabama (0.24 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Louisiana.