first name
KAYLEIGH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,397 people named Kayleigh, 78.9% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kayleigh peaked in 2009, when 1,450 babies got the name.
At least 34,568 babies have been given the name since 1984. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kayleigh by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #555. The largest share of babies named Kayleigh, 51.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kayleigh is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kayleigh has been most common in New Hampshire (2.2×), Virginia (1.8×), and Mississippi (1.7×), and least common in South Dakota (0.27×).
33,243 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kayleigh, most common first.
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