NameTides

Kayleigh

Kayleigh was the #799 girls' name in the US in 2025 (340 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #856 in Canada.

Kayleigh as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kayleigh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kayleigh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#799 (340)#1,639 (18)#632 (4)#397 (3)#207 (21)#856 (33)
2024#730 (386)#1,541 (20)#790 (3)#288 (5)#171 (26)#1,291 (19)
2023#631 (469)#1,705 (17)#749 (3)#391 (3)#226 (18)#1,108 (22)
2022#529 (590)#1,245 (26)#324 (10)#266 (6)#183 (26)#819 (33)
2021#417 (754)#1,628 (18)#442 (7)#350 (4)#228 (20)#577 (52)
2020#435 (706)#1,397 (22)#370 (9)#246 (6)#155 (32)#840 (33)
2019#488 (644)#980 (36)#406 (8)#213 (8)#187 (27)#603 (51)
2018#450 (707)#990 (36)#301 (12)#195 (10)#196 (26)#677 (43)
2017#390 (798)#1,043 (34)#327 (11)#355 (4)#115 (52)#591 (52)
2016#348 (958)#638 (66)#240 (17)#251 (7)#170 (32)#554 (56)
2015#324 (1,008)#643 (64)#300 (13)#248 (7)#143 (42)#480 (68)
2014#278 (1,174)#481 (89)#323 (12)#156 (13)#117 (51)#396 (85)
2013#279 (1,135)#421 (101)#238 (17)#234 (8)#100 (66)#348 (94)
2012#265 (1,227)#312 (155)#105 (46)#203 (9)#85 (78)#435 (73)
2011#246 (1,286)#264 (185)#104 (44)#114 (22)#97 (71)#367 (89)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #227.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kayleigh is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kayleigh by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,323CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #218MSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #901TXFlorida: #674FL
Kayleigh (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Kayleigh (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KayleighCanadaGirls#85633
KayleighEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
KayleighIrelandGirls#20721
KayleighNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
KayleighScotlandGirls#6324
KayleighUSGirls#799340
KayleighUSBoys—too few