Girls' name · since 2007
Kayleigha
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Kayleigha, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
44 girls have been named Kayleigha since 2007, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayleigha has been recorded 44 times among girls since 2007, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2007 to 2018.
- #36,451 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayleigha ranks #36,451 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #36,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kayleigha's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kayleigha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayleigha splits its recorded history at 2015: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayleigha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2018
- Peak year (2013)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kayleigha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (39 births, 89% of the file).
2010s was Kayleigha's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Kayleigha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 39 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayleigha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2007–2018 (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 Kayleigha 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.