Cayleigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cayleigh: Recorded since 1997, it reached #536 in 2000, and it stood at #905 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#536highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2014

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1802
2000	#2167
2001	#2023
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2009	#4564
2011	#5785
2014	#5691

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 5 of the 23 years from 2000 to 2022.

In 2007: #842 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5201 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1802 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2022
Highest recorded position: #536 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cayleigh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 59 births with the name.

Cayleigh across 2 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.

Cayleigh'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	#536 (2000)	#536 (2000)	#905 (2022)	5 of 23	15 (2000–2022)	3 (2000)
England and Wales · Girls	#1802 (1997)	#1802 (1997)	#5691 (2014)	12 of 18	59 (1997–2014)	9 (1997)

Cayleigh 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 Cayleigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	1 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Cayleigh 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #536 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Cayleigh'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
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1997 and 2022, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #536, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 3 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.

Caylan · #2087, 21y
Cayleb · #1920, 14y
Caylum · #423, 19y
Cayson · #503, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alvie · #535, 13y
Cruiz · #535, 11y
Forest · #535, 17y
Torran · #535, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Allana · #536, 29y
Meera · #536, 29y
Orianna · #536, 24y
Suzie · #536, 29y

Cayleigh was ranked #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2000. 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.

Cayleigh 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 Cayleigh without appearing here.

Cayleigh moved ahead of

Ollie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #3970.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Cayleigh

Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1741.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Ellinor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Cayleigh

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 while Ada went from #1543 to #233.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 while Alma went from #2411 to #629.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 while Alyssa went from #506 to #188.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 while Amalie went from #3824 to #582.

Moved the same way as Cayleigh

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 and Abigail from #24 to #46.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 and Aimee from #61 to #207.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 and Aisling from #496 to #1966.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayleigh went from #1802 to #5691 and Alex from #179 to #1177.

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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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #536 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Cayleigh

Cayleigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cayleigh across 2 official records

Cayleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cayleigh appears in

Popularity data

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Cayleigh at a glance

Cayleigh across 2 official records

Cayleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cayleigh

Cayleigh and the names beside it

Cayleigh moved ahead of

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