Kaeleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Kaeleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Kaeleigh mean?
Modern: variant of Kayleigh, a 20th-century coinage
A respelling of Kayleigh, a name boosted in the UK by Marillion's 1985 hit song 'Kayleigh'.
Is Kaeleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaeleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaeleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Kaeleigh, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Kaeleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaeleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,751 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,096 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,885 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Nicknames for Kaeleigh
- Kae
Names like Kaeleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Cassidy Brynn Brynlee Kaitlyn Kaylee Kayden Keiry Kennedy Brylee Devyn Brooklyn
Names related to Kaeleigh
Kayleigh Kaleigh Kaleigha Kaileigh Kalleigh Keeleigh Keleigh Kleigh
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kaeleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaeleigh, updated 20 October 2026.