Kelleigh

Girls' name

Variant of Kelly

Kelleigh has been given to 444 babies in the U.S. since 1963. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1987, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Kelleigh, 2021

1 in 678,000

Kelleigh over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kelleigh: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kelly

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kelleigh means

Kelleigh is a variant of Kelly.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kelleigh is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɛl.i/ for Kelleigh.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kelly.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 444 girls were recorded with the name Kelleigh between 1963 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1987; its best national rank was #4,375 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kelleigh?

Kelleigh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kelleigh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kelleigh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kelleighs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kelleigh was born before 1992 — so the typical Kelleigh is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 28.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 35.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 444; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 28.8% of all recorded uses (128).

Is Kelleigh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1987 (19)
Years since peak: 38; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,375; 1987

Spellings of Kelleigh

Kelleigh is not the most common spelling — Kayleigh is, with 36.5% against Kelleigh's 0.47%.

Kayleigh36.5%34,561
Kyleigh21.3%20,193
Kaleigh17.2%16,244
Karleigh5.3%5,032
Kaileigh2.9%2,774
Calleigh2.4%2,258
Kenleigh2.4%2,255
Kinleigh2.3%2,155

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kelleigh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,375; 1987
Peak year: 1987; 19 that year
First recorded: 1963
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 444
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kelleigh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Keleigh Kelseigh Kelaiah Keliyah Renleigh Keeleigh Henleigh Tayleigh Bexleigh Breleigh Wesleigh Kelilah Jaeleigh Braleigh Tinleigh Keller Kellan Rhyleigh Kelliann Kalleigh Kelahni Skyleigh Lynleigh Evaleigh

Sibling names for Kelleigh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shantell Janay Ashely Anthony Cody Domonique Jaimie Alecia

For a brother

Derik Derrell Darell Whitney Shea Elizabeth Garrick Chaz

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