Kayleigh

What Kayleigh means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kayleigh yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #324 in 2015, #799 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kayleigh?

US: Falling: down from #324 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #643 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,450 girls got the name (#227 that year). First in the US records in 1984.

How common

• About 1 in 4,727 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,071 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.35 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.98 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kayleigh is #799 in the US and #1639 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kayleigh were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kyleigh190 US
• Kaleigh56 US
• Caleigh44 US
• Cayleigh27 US
• Kaileigh25 US
• Calleigh18 US
• Kaylei15 US
• Kalleigh10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kayleigh

Girls

• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Kendall#328“spring + valley”^*
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025
• Mckenzie#576Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 2,528 babies; 517 in 2025
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Mackenzie#228“son, descendant + of Coinneach”^*

For a brother

• Preston#299Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025
• Keegan#621“son of Aidan”^*
• Chase#192Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025
• Drake#827“dragon”^*
• Gage#973Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 2,939 babies; 235 in 2025
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kayleigh’s. Rank is US 2025.