Kaleigh Girl
How popular is Kaleigh?
#2,957 girl name in 2025
56 baby girls were named Kaleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
Kaleigh popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,957 for girls (▼ 208 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 56 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,049 in 2015, #1,678 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (729 girls) |
| Highest rank | #399 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| 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 |
Kaleigh 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 Kaleigh is most popular
Babies named Kaleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Kaleigh by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kaleigh
Questions
- Is Kaleigh a boy or girl name?
- Kaleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaleigh were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaleigh?
- 56 baby girls were named Kaleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
- When was Kaleigh most popular?
- Kaleigh peaked in 2001, when 729 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #399 in 2001.
- How many people are named Kaleigh?
- 16,250 babies have been named Kaleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,052 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Kaleigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaleigh was most common in Alabama, at 0.2 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.