Kayleigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kayleigh: Recorded every year since 1985, it reached #45 in 1997, and it stood at #207 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#45highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kayleigh's record

Ranked every year since 1985, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
England and Wales registered 1,206 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#51
1997	#50
1998	#59
1999	#67
2000	#70
2001	#77
2002	#84
2003	#83
2004	#88
2005	#99
2006	#102
2007	#110
2008	#145
2009	#175
2010	#188
2011	#264
2012	#312
2013	#421
2014	#481
2015	#643
2016	#638
2017	#1043
2018	#990
2019	#980
2020	#1397
2021	#1628
2022	#1245
2023	#1705
2024	#1541

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 Republic of Ireland in every year from 1985 to 2025.

In 2024: #171 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #1541 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1985–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #519 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1985–2025
Highest recorded position: #45 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1985–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #207 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayleigh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1985, and has registered 2,304 births with the name.

Kayleigh across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kayleigh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#519 (1985)	#45 (1997)	#207 (2025)	41 of 41	2,304 (1985–2025)	133 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#51 (1996)	#50 (1997)	#1541 (2024)	29 of 29	10,677 (1996–2024)	1,206 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#109 (1997)	#70 (2006)	#288 (2024)	28 of 28	347 (1997–2024)	31 (2006)

Kayleigh by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Kayleigh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	64	5 of 10	13
1990s	670	10 of 10	67
2000sbusiest	905	10 of 10	91
2010s	522	10 of 10	52
2020s	143	6 of 10	24

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 91 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 46, from 133 to 87.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kayleigh 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 4 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #45 in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

Kayleigh'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#990	36	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1043	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#638	66	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#643	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#481	89	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#421	101	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#312	155	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#264	185	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#188	267	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#175	297	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#145	372	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#110	481	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#102	523	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#99	524	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#88	591	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#83	612	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#84	640	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#77	691	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#70	746	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#67	799	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#59	919	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#50	1,140	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#51	1,206	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#156	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#114	22	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#86	28	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#91	27	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#131	16	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#70	31	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#122	15	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#156	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#118	16	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#163	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#155	12	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#109	21	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	21	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	26	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	26	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	20	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	32	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	27	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	26	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	52	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	32	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	42	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	51	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	66	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#85	78	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	71	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	77	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	82	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	110	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	126	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	115	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	99	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	81	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#63	80	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	75	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	72	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	65	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	84	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	87	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	133	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	99	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	81	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	54	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	37	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	33	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	39	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	23	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	25	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#334	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1985 and 2025, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #45, first reached in 1997.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,206 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 39 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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kaylem · #242, 28y
Kaylen · #382, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Glenda · #43, 41y
Joe · #48, 36y
Alannah · #49, 42y
Hollie · #41, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Harley · #45, 39y
Joe · #48, 36y
Kelsey · #48, 37y
Alana · #49, 46y

Kayleigh was ranked #45 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Kayleigh 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 Kayleigh without appearing here.

Kayleigh moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #1505 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1245 and #1948.
May Compare
In 1993 they stood at #519 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #108 and #502.
Roisin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #115 and #37 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #196 and #474.
Tina Compare
In 1988 they stood at #262 and #237 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #183 and #445.

Moved ahead of Kayleigh

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1397 and #460.
Ashley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1397 and #749.
Fiona Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1621 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1705 and #1108.
Kathleen Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1397 and #807.

Moved the opposite way to Kayleigh

Aimee Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 while Aimee went from #154 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 while Aisling went from #18 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 while Alison went from #74 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 while Amanda went from #17 to #608.

Moved the same way as Kayleigh

Amelia Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 and Amelia from #386 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 and Annie from #292 to #33.
Ava Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 and Ava from #456 to #26.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayleigh went from #519 to #207 and Clodagh from #159 to #47.

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 4 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #45 in Republic of Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kayleigh

Kayleigh at a glance

What stands out in Kayleigh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kayleigh across 3 official records

Kayleigh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayleigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kayleigh

Kayleigh and the names beside it

Kayleigh moved ahead of

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Kayleigh at a glance

What stands out in Kayleigh's record

Kayleigh across 3 official records

Kayleigh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayleigh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kayleigh

Kayleigh and the names beside it

Kayleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kayleigh

Moved the opposite way to Kayleigh

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