Kayleigh Girl
How popular is Kayleigh?
#799 girl name in 2025
340 baby girls were named Kayleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
Kayleigh popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #799 for girls (▼ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 340 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #324 in 2015, #435 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (1,450 girls) |
| Highest rank | #227 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kayleigh 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 Kayleigh is most popular
Babies named Kayleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (90 girls)
- West Virginia: 0.8 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Alabama: 0.8 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (64 girls)
Kayleigh by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kayleigh
Questions
- Is Kayleigh a boy or girl name?
- Kayleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kayleigh were girls.
- How popular is the name Kayleigh?
- 340 baby girls were named Kayleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
- When was Kayleigh most popular?
- Kayleigh peaked in 2009, when 1,450 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #227 in 2009.
- How many people are named Kayleigh?
- 34,568 babies have been named Kayleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,216 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Kayleigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kayleigh was most common in Mississippi, at 1.6 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.