Caleigh Girl

How popular is Caleigh?

#3,458 girl name in 2025

44 baby girls were named Caleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.

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5,713living people named Caleigh (est.)
20median age of people named Caleigh
5,768babies named Caleigh since 1880
1 in 75,349US babies born in 2025

Caleigh popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#3,458 for girls (▼ 764 from 2024)
Babies in 202544 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-77% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,258 in 2015, #2,078 in 2020
Peak year1999 (322 girls)
Highest rank#701 in 1999
First recorded1984
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Caleigh counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylee family of names ranked #38 for girls in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 6,126 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Kaylee 1,205 20%
Callie 1,754 29%
Kali 948 15%
Cali 518 8%
Kayleigh 340 6%
Kallie 279 5%
Kailey 153 2%
Kaylie 148 2%
Caylee 84 1%
Kailee 98 2%
Kaleigh 56 1%
Kaley 38 1%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Caleigh is most popular

Babies named Caleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
  2. South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  3. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
  4. Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (32 girls)
  5. Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)

Caleigh by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s150#2,534
1990s1,248#701
2000s2,408#879
2010s1,548#1,135
2020s414#2,078

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Questions

Is Caleigh a boy or girl name?
Caleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Caleigh were girls.
How popular is the name Caleigh?
44 baby girls were named Caleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
When was Caleigh most popular?
Caleigh peaked in 1999, when 322 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #701 in 1999.
How many people are named Caleigh?
5,768 babies have been named Caleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,713 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
Where is Caleigh most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Caleigh was most common in Mississippi, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.