Feminine dossier · first seen 1986

Cayleigh

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cayleigh
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2009

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

162

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1986Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

82.1%

2024

All-time

2,270

Cayleigh is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 162 girls were named Cayleigh.

In 2024, only 29 girls were given the name.

Down 82.1% from its peak.

All told, about 2,270 Americans have been named Cayleigh and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1986.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2009

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