# Kaleigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaleigh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,250 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 16,244 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 93, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Kaylee.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 408 | 690 |
| 2012 | 337 | 796 |
| 2013 | 305 | 852 |
| 2014 | 303 | 896 |
| 2015 | 251 | 1,052 |
| 2016 | 183 | 1,309 |
| 2017 | 174 | 1,338 |
| 2018 | 171 | 1,328 |
| 2019 | 152 | 1,455 |
| 2020 | 122 | 1,683 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,853 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,375 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2,345 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,758 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,973 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 10,660 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 13 | 1,364 |
| 1997 | 11 | 1,543 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,480 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1,805 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2,226 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |

## People named Kaleigh

- Kaleigh Gilchrist, American water polo player
- Kaleigh Rafter, Canadian softball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.