Kayleah
Kayleah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kayleah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kayleah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kayleah
American parents first put Kayleah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 31 Kayleahs were born — ranking #4,607 that year. About 33% of every Kayleah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kayleah ranks #6,879 for baby girls with 16 births, holding steady (+0%). All told, over 683 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kayleah
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About the name Kayleah
Kayleah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 683 births in the dataset. Kayleah's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #4,607. Use the chart and map above to compare Kayleah'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.