Kayleigh
20
Babies in 2024
-77%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 1.21k
+18%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kayleigh
Kayleigh peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (1,206 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 20 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Kayleigh reached its peak in 1996, when 1,206 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #51 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 20 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 10,677 girls have been officially registered with the name Kayleigh in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 428 girls were registered with the name, starting from 89 in 2014 and ending at 20 in 2024.