Caileigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Caileigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Caileigh mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaileigh, itself a variant of Kayleigh, a blend of Kay and Leigh
A spelling of Kayleigh, a name that spread in Britain after Marillion's 1985 song 'Kayleigh'.
Meaning borrowed from Kaileigh.
Is Caileigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Caileigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caileigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls.
Caileigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 2 | #7,309 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Caileigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Caileigh, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Caileigh than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Caileigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caileigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
Names like Caileigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Keira Caragh Cassidy Clodagh Eden Kayleigh Eilidh Teagan Caitlin Niamh Raegan
Names related to Caileigh
Caleigh Calleigh Cayleigh Kaileigh Caleigha Kileigh Caeleigh Caliegh
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caileigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caileigh, updated 20 October 2026.