Girls' name · since 1992

Caeleigh

226 babies named Caeleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#18,552 of 72,339
all-time among girls
226
born since 1992
2000s
peak decade

Caeleigh sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 226 recorded since 1992.

Caeleigh has 226 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2020.

  • #18,552 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 226 born since 1992
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caeleigh ranks #18,552 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.

#18,552 of 72,339
all-time among girls
226
born since 1992
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Caeleigh's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Caeleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Caeleigh splits its recorded history at 2006: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Caeleigh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2020

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1999)
14
Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
46810121416 1992199820022006201020142020 5

Caeleigh by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (107 births, 47% of the file).

2000s was Caeleigh's strongest decade.

107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Caeleigh births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Caeleigh?
Since 1992, Social Security records show 226 babies named Caeleigh. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #18,552 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2020. Its busiest year on record was 1999, with 14 births.
Where does Caeleigh sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caeleigh ranks #18,552 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Caeleigh most popular?
Caeleigh was most popular in the 2000s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Caeleigh been used?
The SSA has tracked Caeleigh since 1992 -- 29 years through the most recent 2020 data.
What names are similar to Caeleigh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Caelyn, Caeli, Caelan, Caelynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Caeleigh's data

  • Caeleigh's decade-level peak was the 2000s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Caeleigh

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Caeleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caeleigh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.