Kaileigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kaileigh: Recorded since 1996, it reached #444 in 2011, and it was last ranked in 2015.

3registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#444highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2000	#3247
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2005	#3970
2008	#5545
2015	#5730

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 9 of the 20 years from 1996 to 2015.

In 2005: #587 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #5730 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Girls

Kaileigh 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 Kaileigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Kaileigh 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 1996 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #444 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Kaileigh'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	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 1996 and 2015, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #444, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 15 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,730position in 2015, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kailan · #996, 29y
Kailani · #790, 11y
Kailen · #779, 26y
Kailey · #248, 25y

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.

Cailyn · #444, 15y
Andreja · #440, 13y
Aviana · #440, 14y
Melanija · #440, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Camila · #444, 27y
Faizan · #444, 29y
Kalina · #444, 22y
Lillianna · #444, 23y

Kaileigh was ranked #444 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Kaileigh 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 Kaileigh without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Kaileigh

Frida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #3409.

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 1996 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #444 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kaileigh

Kaileigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaileigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kaileigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kaileigh

Kaileigh and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kaileigh

Kaileigh at a glance

Kaileigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kaileigh 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 Kaileigh

Kaileigh and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kaileigh