Caleigh — #2700 US girls' name
5,724 babies named Caleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Caleigh was born in this single decade.
322 babies were named Caleigh in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,724 babies named Caleigh between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caleigh currently holds the #2700 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 322 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Caleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 445 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Caleigh in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caleigh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,724 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Caleigh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Caleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (1999)
- 322
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #2700 among girls.
5,724 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 322 births in a single year.
Caleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,408 births that decade — 42% of Caleigh's all-time total
Caleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,408 births
- Runner-up 1,548 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Caleigh's strongest decade
2,408 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Caleigh by state
Where Caleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 445 | 7.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 325 | 5.7% |
| #3 | California | | 269 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 237 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 234 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 221 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 211 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 205 | 3.6% |
445 of 5,724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- California 4.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 35 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Caleigh appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.