Girls' name · since 1963
Kelleigh
444 babies named Kelleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 444
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kelleigh is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 444 have been recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelleigh has been recorded 444 times among girls since 1963, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2021.
- #12,716 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 444 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelleigh ranks #12,716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 444 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 444
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kelleigh's 444 recorded births place it above 82.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kelleigh splits its recorded history at 1993: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kelleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2021
- Peak year (1987)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Kelleigh by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (128 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Kelleigh's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Kelleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
117 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 45
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 128 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Kelleigh's decade-level peak was the 1990s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kelleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1963–2021 (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 Kelleigh 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.