Girls' name · since 1990
Kalleigh
672 babies named Kalleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,704 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 672
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
672 babies have been named Kalleigh since 1990, making it today's #9704 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalleigh has been recorded 672 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #9704 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #9,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,704 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 672 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalleigh ranks #9,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,704 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 672 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,704 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 672
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalleigh's 672 recorded births place it above 86.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kalleigh compares
672 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Kalleigh's all-time total is 79% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 672 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalleigh's full recorded timeline at 2009, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 55 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #9704 among girls.
672 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 55 births in a single year.
Kalleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (326 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Kalleigh's strongest decade.
326 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kalleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 58
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
226 births
- 2010s
2010s
326 births
- 2020s 62
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 326 births (49% of all-time use).
Kalleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 326 births
- Runner-up 226 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Kalleigh 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 Kalleigh's total volume
Kalleigh by state
Where Kalleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 5.2% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
35 of 672 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- California 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Kalleigh's data
- Kalleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (326 total births); usage has since declined to 62 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kalleighs (35 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 Kalleigh: 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 (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Kalleigh 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.
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