Keeleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-lee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Keeleigh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “slender”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Keeleigh mean?
Irish: respelling of Keeley, from an Irish surname
“slender”
Is Keeleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Keeleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keeleigh 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 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keeleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Keeleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Keeleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Keeleigh, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Keeleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Keeleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Keeleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Keeleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Caoimhe, Caragh, Teagan, Cassidy, Raegan, Aoibheann, Clodagh, Niamh, Eilidh, Bree, Ffion
Other spellings of Keeleigh
Names related to Keeleigh
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Keeleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keeleigh, updated 20 October 2026.