girls:
1.2k births since 1988
#4562 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1988
#6586 (15th percentile)
The name Caileigh is the #6,586 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,154 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 14.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,562 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 1,154 births since 1988.
Caileigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for girls in 1988).
For girls, Caileigh reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #927) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Caileigh ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 34.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Caileigh".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Caileigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Caileigh is pronounced as KAY-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-lee, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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