Caleigh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Caleigh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Caleigh: Recorded since 1998, it reached #439 in 2008, and it stood at #3,970 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#439highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2013	#5742
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2019	#3541
2021	#3961
2022	#3970

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 25 years from 1998 to 2022.

In 2008: #439 among girls in Northern Ireland, #4524 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3970 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Caleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Caleigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	17	4 of 10	4
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Caleigh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #439 in Northern Ireland in 2008.

Caleigh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2022, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #439, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,970position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
13 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andreja · #440, 13y
Aviana · #440, 14y
Melanija · #440, 10y
Milita · #440, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Daisy-Mae · #439, 29y
Finan · #439, 23y
Katie-Marie · #439, 16y

Caleigh was ranked #439 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Caleigh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Caleigh without appearing here.

Caleigh moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #5061.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Caleigh

Linnea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2084.
Karin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #2150.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #439 in Northern Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caleigh

Caleigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Caleigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caleigh

Caleigh and the names beside it

Caleigh moved ahead of

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Caleigh at a glance

Caleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Caleigh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caleigh

Caleigh and the names beside it

Caleigh moved ahead of

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