Kayleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Kayleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Kayleah mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaylea, itself a variant of Kayleigh, a blend of Kay and Leigh
Variant of Kayleigh, a name popularised in Britain by Marillion's 1985 hit song Kayleigh.
Meaning borrowed from Kaylea. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kayleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Kayleah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Kayleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Nicknames for Kayleah
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kayleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Keyla, Teagan, Kylie, Kensley, Kennedy, Kinley, Kaliyah, Brylee, Braelynn, Raelynn, Brooklyn
Names related to Kayleah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, 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, “Kayleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayleah, updated 20 October 2026.