Kayleigh
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 782 babies a year in the US.
How Kayleigh has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #324 |
| 2016 | #351 |
| 2017 | #392 |
| 2018 | #451 |
| 2019 | #487 |
| 2020 | #437 |
| 2021 | #418 |
| 2022 | #528 |
| 2023 | #631 |
| 2024 | #731 |
| 2025 | #804 |
Kayleigh by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Kayleigh. In the US, 782 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,445 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kayleigh
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kayleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kayleigh
Names that are said the same way as Kayleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Cayleeclearing where cows graze; a modern respelling of Cayley268 in the US (2017)
- Caleigha form of caley or callie112 in the US (2017)
- Kayleybattle; a form of Kaylee or Caoimhe100 in the US (2017)
- Caileystrife or battle; a modern respelling of Caley64 in the US (2017)
- Cayleighfree man; a modern respelling of Carley or Carleigh64 in the US (2017)
- Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kayleigh
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