How popular is the baby name Kaleigh in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Kaleigh.
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The song “Kayleigh” (1985) by British rock band Marillion.
Several of the band’s singles had done well in the UK up to that point, but the rock ballad “Kayleigh” was their first (and, so far, only) song to reach the U.S. Hot 100, peaking at #74 in late October, 1985.
The lead singer of the band had written the song with several past girlfriends in mind, but the name of the song was inspired by one woman in particular. He explained:
I’d wanted to write a song about a girlfriend I’d split up with, whose name was Kay. Which of course we couldn’t do. So we added her middle name, Lee, and it became Kayleigh instead. […] But it wasn’t just about Kay, it was inspired by three or four different people in my life.
Interestingly, the entire Kaylee name-group was already on the rise before the song was released in mid-1985. For instance, the most popular spelling of the name, Kaylee — which ultimately peaked at 26th in 2009 — jumped well into the top 1,000 (824th) in 1984. The same year, the spelling Kaylie was the 25th-fastest rising girl name (relatively speaking), and girl-name debuts included Caylie, Caleigh, Cayley, Kailie, and Cailey — not to mention Kayleigh itself.
So the song didn’t exactly kick things off. No doubt it contributed to the name’s trendiness, though. It does seem to have given a discernible boost to the spellings Kaleigh, Kalee, Kalie, Kaeleigh, and Kaileigh. And it may have been behind the debut of Cayleigh in 1986.
So…why was the Kaylee name-group already picking up stream in 1984? I don’t know for certain, but I can point to a couple of possible contributing factors:
The trendiness of Kayla in the early ’80s, due largely to a soap opera character: Kayla Brady from Days of Our Lives.
The trendiness of Ashley in the early ’80s, due in part to another soap opera character: Ashley Abbott from The Young and the Restless.
What are your thoughts on the baby name Kayleigh? (Do you like this spelling, or do you prefer one of the other spellings?)
P.S. Marillion’s 2nd-biggest song, “Lavender” (1985) — which was the track right after “Kayleigh” on the Misplaced Childhood album — may have given the baby name Lavender a nudge in the mid-’80s.
P.P.S. The band’s name, pronounced mar-IH-lee-un, was based on the title of the novel The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 8, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 8-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “eights” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Wyatt correspond to the numbers 23, 25, 1, 20, and 20. The sum of these numbers is 89. The digits of 89 added together equal 17, and the digits of 17 added together equal 8 — the numerological value of Wyatt.
Baby names with a value of 8
Below you’ll find the most popular 8-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
8
The letters in the following baby names add up to 8.
Girl name (8)
Boy name (8)
Bea
Abe
8 via 17
The letters in the following baby names add up to 17, which reduces to eight (1+7=8).
Girl names (8 via 17)
Boy names (8 via 17)
Gia, Bo, Afia, Eabha, Cala
Bo, Mac, Cam, Md, Jeb
8 via 26
The letters in the following baby names add up to 26, which reduces to eight (2+6=8).
Girl names (8 via 26)
Boy names (8 via 26)
Leah, Maci, Jana, Pia, Dua, Gema, Calia, Brea, Cami
Eli, Bear, Bode, Obed, Asaad, Adil
8 via 35
The letters in the following baby names add up to 35, which reduces to eight (3+5=8).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number eight. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 8 being described as “successful,” “ambitious,” “organized,” “practical,” and “authoritative.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 8:
Figure 8
Infinity symbol
Analemma (diagram showing the position of the sun over the course of a year)
Figure-eight knot
Octopus (8 arms)
Spider (8 legs)
8-bit computing
8-track cartridge
Eight-ball (in pool)
Magic 8 Ball (fortune-telling toy)
Eight-ender (perfect score in the sport of curling)
What does the number 8 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and nine.
Malta’s top baby names of 2013 came out a few weeks ago.
According to data from the National Statistics Office, the most popular name-groups last year were Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella and Luke/Luca/Lucas.
Here are Malta’s top 20 girl name-groups and top 20 boy name-groups of 2013:
Girl Names
Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella, 106 baby girls (5.5% of all girls)
Eliza/Elisa/Elizabeth/Elise, 78
Julia/Yulia/Julianne, 69
Emma/Emmanuela/Ema, 51
Maya/Mia/Myah, 47
Maria/Marija/Mariah/Marie, 42
Lea/Leah/Leia, 37
Martina/Martine, 36
Christina/Christa/Christabel/Krystle, 35
Kailey/Kai/Kaleigh, 34 (3-way tie)
Catherine/Katrina/Kate/Katya, 34 (3-way tie)
Emilia/Emily/Emelie, 34 (3-way tie)
Amy/Aimee, 32
Anna/Hannah/Ann, 31
Mikela/Makaila/Michelle, 27 (tie)
Alison/Alice/Alicia/Alyssa/Aly, 27 (tie)
Sophia/Sophie, 26
Jade/Giada, 22 (tie)
Alexandra/Alessia/Alexia/Lexi, 22 (tie)
Aaliyah/Alaya, 21
Chloe/Khloe, 20 (3-way tie)
Amber/Amberley, 20 (3-way tie)
Karla/Carla/Carly, 20 (3-way tie)
Jasmine/Yasmine/Yasmeen, 17 (3-way tie)
Nina, 17 (3-way tie)
Faith, 17 (3-way tie)
Hailey/Hailee/Hayleigh, 16
Nicole/Nicola/Nicky, 14 (4-way tie)
Rachel/Raquel, 14 (4-way tie)
Keira/Kyra, 14 (4-way tie)
Claire/Clara/Clarisse, 14 (4-way tie)
Boy Names
Luke/Luca/Lucas, 106 baby boys (5% of all boys)
Matthew/Matthias/Matteo, 93
Jacob/Jake, 70
Zachary/Zak/Zack, 56
John/Jean/Jonathan/Juan/Gan, 53 (tie)
Michael/Miguel/Mikhail, 53 (tie)
Andrew/Andreas/Andre/Andy, 46
Kaiden/Kayden/Kai, 45 (tie)
Alexander/Alessandro/Alec, 45 (tie)
Aiden/Ayden, 43
Liam/William, 42
Nicholas/Nick/Nicolai, 41
Benjamin/Ben, 40
Daniel/Dan/Danil, 33
Isaac/Izaak, 32 (tie)
Mason/Maison, 32 (tie)
Jack/Jackson/Jacques, 30
Jaden/Jayden/Jadon, 29 (tie)
Thomas/Tommas/Tommy, 29 (tie)
Nathan/Nathaniel, 28
Julian/Julien/Guiliano, 27
Gabriel/Gabrijel/Gabryl, 24 (tie)
Adam, 24 (tie)
Joseph/Beppe/Giuseppe/Josef, 23 (tie)
Noah, 23 (tie)
James/Jamie/Jayme, 22 (3-way tie)
Samuel/Sam, 22 (3-way tie)
Keiran/Kyran, 22 (3-way tie)
Some of the unusual names registered in Malta last year were Aizley, Amporn, Breeze, Chinenye, Coco, Delson, Diyas, Enonima, Freedom, Gundula, Jaceyrhaer, Kobbun, Limoni, Love, Netsrik, Summer, Symphony, Zarkareia and Zveyrone.
Malta’s 2012 list was topped by Eliza/Lisa/Elsie/Elyse/Bettina and Matthew/Matthias/Matteo.
Back when I published the first version of this post — using the SSA’s 2012 baby name data — the name Kaylee was the 34th most popular name for U.S. baby girls.
(It’s highest-ever usage had been a few years earlier, in 2009.)
But, while “Kaylee” was the most popular (and perhaps most intuitive?) spelling of the name, it certainly wasn’t the only spelling being used. Other popular variants included…
And, of course, there were dozens more. Some examples: Kaylei, Kaileigh, Kaili, Kaylea, Kaeli, Kailea, Kaely, Kaeleigh, Kayleigh, Kailie, Kaelee, Kayelee, Kaelie, Kaileah, Kailei, Kayly, Kaeley, Kayliee, and Kayeleigh. (Not to mention all the spellings that start with “C”!)
Which spelling of Kaylee do you prefer? Why?
P.S. A decade later, the entire name-group is not as trendy as it once was. The most popular spelling is still Kaylee, though it now ranks 139th. Kayleigh and Kailey are still in the top 1,000, but Kaylie, Kailee, and Kaleigh have since dropped out.
[Latest update: Jan. 2023]
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