Girls' name · since 1986
Cayleigh
2,297 babies named Cayleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,923 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,297
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayleigh currently ranks #4923 among girls' names in America, with 2,297 babies recorded since 1986.
Cayleigh has 2,297 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4923 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #4,290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,923 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,297 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayleigh ranks #4,290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,923 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,297 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,923 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,297
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayleigh's 2,297 recorded births place it above 94.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cayleigh compares
2,297 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Cayleigh's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cayleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,297 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 162 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cayleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cayleigh splits its recorded history at 2006: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (10 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 162 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cayleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 162
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Cayleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (986 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Cayleigh's strongest decade.
986 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Cayleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 249
1990s
249 births
- 2000s
2000s
757 births
- 2010s
2010s
986 births
- 2020s 254
2020s
254 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 986 births (43% of all-time use).
How Cayleigh 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 Cayleigh's total volume
Cayleigh by state
Where Cayleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 177 | 7.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 74 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 71 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 66 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 51 | 2.2% |
| #6 | California | | 45 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 41 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 40 | 1.7% |
177 of 2,297 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Cayleigh appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cayleigh's data
- Cayleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (986 total births); usage has since declined to 254 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cayleighs (177 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cayleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Cayleigh 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.