Kayleigh

“Variant of Kaylee — Modern coinage — combines Kay and Lee” — Modern coinage origin

Girl's name · #804 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Kayleigh's best rank, #227, came in 2009; it has settled back to #804 today. Roughly 35,000 girls have been named Kayleigh since 1984. In Mississippi it runs about 6× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,000 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,400 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,500 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kayleighs

Kayleigh McEnany — American political commentator and writer (born 1988)
Kayleigh Barton — Welsh association football player (born 1988)
Kayleigh Hines — English association football player
Kayleigh van Dooren — association football player
Kayleigh Powell — Welsh Rugby Union player

In stories & tradition

Kayleigh Morton — Coronation Street

What Kayleighs become

Among 51 notable people named Kayleigh:

Sports figures appear 2.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kayleigh Barton, Welsh association football player (born 1988).

Similar names: Kailey · Jayla · Kaylen · Janiyah · Kaelyn · Kaila

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