Girls' name · since 1988
Caileigh
1,177 babies named Caileigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,681 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,177
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Caileigh is the #9681 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,177 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Caileigh recorded 1,177 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #9681 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,681 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,177 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caileigh ranks #6,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,681 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,177 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,681 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,177
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caileigh's 1,177 recorded births place it above 90.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Caileigh compares
1,177 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caileigh's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caileigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,177 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caileigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caileigh's full recorded timeline at 2007, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 62 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caileigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Caileigh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (437 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Caileigh's strongest decade.
437 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Caileigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
222 births
- 2000s
2000s
437 births
- 2010s
2010s
398 births
- 2020s 102
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 437 births (37% of all-time use).
How Caileigh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Caileigh's total volume
Caileigh by state
Where Caileigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 36 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 25 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
36 of 1,177 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Caileigh appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Caileigh's data
- Caileigh's decade-level peak was the 2000s (437 total births); usage has since declined to 102 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Caileighs (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Caileigh
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caileigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
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, 1988–2025 (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 Caileigh 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.