Girls' name · peaked in 2011
Kyleigh name popularity since 1925
20,199 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kyleigh. Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Kyleigh is about 17 years old in 2026. Kyleigh peaked in 2011 as the #272 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,199
- Named Kyleigh, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,202 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 20,193 girls · 6 boys
- Most popular in
- Alabama
- 2.25× its national share
Peak year is the year Kyleigh made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kyleigh births per year, 1925–2025
2011 was the biggest year for Kyleigh both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Kyleigh became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 12,700 baby girls to 1 in 4,770.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 1,870 to 1 in 4,640.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kyleigh's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kyleigh.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kyleigh in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 23 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 352 | 0 | #4,061 |
| 1990s | 2,046 | 0 | #972 |
| 2000s | 8,031 | 6 | #390 |
| 2010s | 8,293 | 0 | #383 |
| 2020–25 | 1,448 | 0 | #1,202 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
61.4% of babies named Kyleigh from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Kyleigh is most popular
The index compares Kyleigh's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kyleigh.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2.25× | 743 |
| Mississippi | 2.24× | 506 |
| South Carolina | 1.90× | 498 |
| Arkansas | 1.88× | 361 |
| Louisiana | 1.86× | 625 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kyleigh's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kyleigh.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kyleigh (2011).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data