Kyleigh
Kyleigh is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kyleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kyleigh 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 Kyleigh
The earliest SSA record of Kyleigh as a baby girl name dates back to 1978, when 8 babies received it. 2011 was its biggest year on record, with 1,172 newborns named Kyleigh — #271 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Kyleigh on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kyleigh ranks #1,223 for baby girls with 192 births, falling sharply (-45%). All told, over 20K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kyleigh
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About the name Kyleigh
Kyleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 20K births in the dataset. Kyleigh's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #271. Use the chart and map above to compare Kyleigh'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.