Kaileigh — #6029 US girls' name
2,749 babies named Kaileigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Kaileigh was born in this single decade.
124 babies were named Kaileigh in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaileigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,749 babies named Kaileigh between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaileigh currently holds the #6029 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 124 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaileigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,058 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaileigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 193 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaileigh in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaileigh 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 2,749 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.
Kaileigh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaileigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2004)
- 124
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #6029 among girls.
2,749 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 124 births in a single year.
Kaileigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,058 births that decade — 38% of Kaileigh's all-time total
Kaileigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,058 births
- Runner-up 799 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaileigh's strongest decade
1,058 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Kaileigh by state
Where Kaileigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 193 | 7.0% |
| #2 | California | | 91 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 86 | 3.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 74 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 53 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 52 | 1.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 42 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 31 | 1.1% |
193 of 2,749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 3.1% of nationwide
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaileigh appears in 22 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, 1985–2024 (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.