Cayleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Cayleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Cayleigh mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayleigh; blend of Kay and Leigh
A 20th-century blend of Kay and Leigh; Marillion's 1985 hit song Kayleigh made it widely known in Britain.
Meaning borrowed from Kayleigh. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cayleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cayleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cayleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cayleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
How popular is Cayleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Cayleigh, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,376th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 162 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Cayleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cayleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 74 | #2,376 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,781 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,940 |
| 2013 | 131 | #1,634 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,598 |
| 2010 | 142 | #1,562 |
| 2009 | 162 | #1,441 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,555 |
| 2005 | 82 | #2,224 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,323 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
Names like Cayleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Keira, Caragh, Cassidy, Eden, Kayleigh, Clodagh, Eilidh, Niamh, Ffion, Teagan, Caitlin
Names related to Cayleigh
Caleigh, Calleigh, Caileigh, Kaleigh, Kayliegh, Kyleigh, Caleigha, Cyleigh
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, “Cayleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cayleigh, updated 20 October 2026.