Girls' name · since 1985
Kayliegh
370 babies named Kayliegh in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 370
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayliegh is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 370 have been recorded since 1985.
Kayliegh has 370 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2018.
- #14,166 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 370 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayliegh ranks #14,166 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 370 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 370
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayliegh's 370 recorded births place it above 80.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Kayliegh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayliegh splits its recorded history at 2001: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayliegh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Kayliegh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (147 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Kayliegh's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kayliegh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 55
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
147 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 147 births (40% of all-time use).
Kayliegh by state
Where Kayliegh concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 370 births nationwide.
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- Kayliegh's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (147 total births) through the 2010s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kaylieghs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayliegh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1985–2018 (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 Kayliegh 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.