Kaleigh
Kaylee is a feminine given name. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements Kay and Lee.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kaleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaylee is a feminine given name. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements Kay and Lee.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kaleigh
The earliest SSA record of Kaleigh as a baby girl name dates back to 1980, when 7 babies received it. 2001 was its biggest year on record, with 729 newborns named Kaleigh — #399 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Kaleigh on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kaleigh ranks #3,337 for baby girls with 47 births, falling sharply (-56%). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaleigh
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About the name Kaleigh
Kaleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Kaleigh's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #399. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaleigh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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