# Kayleigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kayleigh/  
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 | /ˈkeɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34,568 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 34,561 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,695, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 1,286 | 246 |
| 2012 | 1,227 | 265 |
| 2013 | 1,135 | 279 |
| 2014 | 1,174 | 278 |
| 2015 | 1,008 | 324 |
| 2016 | 958 | 348 |
| 2017 | 798 | 391 |
| 2018 | 707 | 451 |
| 2019 | 644 | 488 |
| 2020 | 706 | 435 |
| 2021 | 754 | 418 |
| 2022 | 590 | 529 |
| 2023 | 469 | 631 |
| 2024 | 386 | 731 |
| 2025 | 340 | 804 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | 9,465 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 185 | 264 |
| 2012 | 155 | 312 |
| 2013 | 101 | 421 |
| 2014 | 89 | 481 |
| 2015 | 64 | 643 |
| 2016 | 66 | 638 |
| 2017 | 34 | 1,043 |
| 2018 | 36 | 990 |
| 2019 | 36 | 980 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Kayleigh

- Kayleigh McEnany, American political commentator and writer (born 1988)

## 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.