Cayleigh Girl
How popular is Cayleigh?
#4,877 girl name in 2025
27 baby girls were named Cayleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name.
Cayleigh popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,877 for girls (▼ 210 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,382 in 2015, #2,376 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (162 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,441 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cayleigh counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylee family of names ranked #38 for girls in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 6,126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylee | 1,205 | 20% |
| Callie | 1,754 | 29% |
| Kali | 948 | 15% |
| Cali | 518 | 8% |
| Kayleigh | 340 | 6% |
| Kallie | 279 | 5% |
| Kailey | 153 | 2% |
| Kaylie | 148 | 2% |
| Caylee | 84 | 1% |
| Kailee | 98 | 2% |
| Kaleigh | 56 | 1% |
| Kaley | 38 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cayleigh is most popular
Babies named Cayleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Cayleigh by decade
Girl names about as popular as Cayleigh
Questions
- Is Cayleigh a boy or girl name?
- Cayleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cayleigh were girls.
- How popular is the name Cayleigh?
- 27 baby girls were named Cayleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name.
- When was Cayleigh most popular?
- Cayleigh peaked in 2009, when 162 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,441 in 2009.
- How many people are named Cayleigh?
- 2,297 babies have been named Cayleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,278 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Cayleigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cayleigh was most common in South Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.