Kelleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEL-ee
- Origin
- Modern
Kelleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kelleigh come from?
Modern: spelling of Keleigh; respelling of Kelly or Kayleigh with the -leigh ending
Meaning borrowed from Keleigh.
Is Kelleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelleigh is a girls' name.
How popular is Kelleigh in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Kelleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Kelleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Kaitlyn Keegan Brynn Teagan Keely Kayden Devyn Keiry Keeley Kaylynn Kaylee
Names related to Kelleigh
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, “Kelleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelleigh, updated 20 October 2026.