Caleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Caleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Caleigh mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayleigh
A spelling of Kayleigh, a 20th-century blend of Kay and Leigh.
Is Caleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Caleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Caleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Caleigh, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 322 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer girls named Caleigh than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Caleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,212 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,824 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,550 |
| 2015 | 194 | #1,258 |
| 2014 | 178 | #1,326 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,529 |
| 2012 | 153 | #1,477 |
| 2011 | 216 | #1,135 |
| 2010 | 210 | #1,156 |
| 2009 | 289 | #924 |
| 2008 | 254 | #1,030 |
| 2007 | 257 | #1,027 |
| 2006 | 208 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 239 | #1,019 |
| 2004 | 227 | #1,025 |
| 2003 | 232 | #997 |
| 2002 | 214 | #1,013 |
| 2001 | 237 | #935 |
| 2000 | 251 | #879 |
| 1999 | 322 | #701 |
| 1998 | 215 | #951 |
| 1997 | 153 | #1,185 |
| 1996 | 132 | #1,304 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,479 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,878 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,459 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
Names like Caleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Keira, Eden, Cassidy, Kiara, Clodagh, Kayleigh, Nevaeh, Caragh, Aoibheann, Ocean, Teagan
Names related to Caleigh
Calleigh, Cayleigh, Caileigh, Kaleigh, Kaleigha, Kalleigh, Caleigha
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Caleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caleigh, updated 20 October 2026.