Kaleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Kaleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
Where does Kaleigh come from?
Modern: variant of Kayleigh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kaleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Kaleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,957among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Kaleigh, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 729 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaleigh than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Kaleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,361 girls in the US were given Kaleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #89, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
Kaleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,749 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,336 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 108 | #1,851 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,678 |
| 2019 | 152 | #1,452 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,325 |
| 2017 | 174 | #1,334 |
| 2016 | 183 | #1,307 |
| 2015 | 251 | #1,049 |
| 2014 | 303 | #896 |
| 2013 | 305 | #852 |
| 2012 | 337 | #793 |
| 2011 | 408 | #688 |
| 2010 | 503 | #584 |
| 2009 | 479 | #628 |
| 2008 | 534 | #578 |
| 2007 | 571 | #543 |
| 2006 | 636 | #489 |
| 2005 | 675 | #451 |
| 2004 | 641 | #463 |
| 2003 | 668 | #449 |
| 2002 | 670 | #433 |
| 2001 | 729 | #399 |
| 2000 | 683 | #415 |
| 1999 | 647 | #427 |
| 1998 | 625 | #423 |
| 1997 | 538 | #464 |
| 1996 | 499 | #481 |
| 1995 | 515 | #481 |
| 1994 | 520 | #481 |
| 1993 | 463 | #525 |
| 1992 | 577 | #435 |
| 1991 | 438 | #532 |
| 1990 | 448 | #528 |
| 1989 | 349 | #607 |
| 1988 | 326 | #613 |
| 1987 | 290 | #648 |
| 1986 | 288 | #641 |
| 1985 | 83 | #1,482 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
Names like Kaleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kayleigh Kiara Caoimhe Eden Caragh Cassidy Ffion Niamh Teagan Caitlin Eilidh
Other spellings of Kaleigh
Kaylee Kaeli Kayleigh Keily Kailey Kaylie Kailee Caeli Caylee Keyli Kaely
Names related to Kaleigh
Caleigh Calleigh Cayleigh Keleigh Kayliegh Kaileigh Kyleigh Kaleigha Kalleigh
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, “Kaleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleigh, updated 20 October 2026.