How Many People Are Named Caleigh?
An estimated 5,630 people in the United States have the first name Caleigh. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Caleigh peaked in popularity in 1999 with 322 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Caleigh as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Caleigh paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
5,630
About 1 in 60,880 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
1999
322 births
Total Registered
5,724
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Caleigh
Caleigh is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 5,724 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Caleigh as a female name
Ranked #2,690 in 2024
64 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (322 births)
Caleigh: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Caleigh span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 2,408 babies were registered. Caleigh has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Caleigh by Decade
How has Caleigh tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Caleigh by State
Birth registrations for Caleigh span all 35 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, New York, California. The lowest are in Nevada, Nebraska, Maine. On average, about 110 Caleighs were registered per state.
Caleigh + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Caleigh as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Caleigh
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Caleigh: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Caleigh?
We estimate approximately 5,630 people named Caleigh are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 60,880 Americans share this first name.
Is Caleigh a common name?
Caleigh is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 5,724 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Caleigh most popular?
Caleigh reached peak popularity in 1999, when 322 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Caleigh is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Caleigh a female name?
Caleigh is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Caleigh Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Caleigh Smith, Caleigh Johnson, Caleigh Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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