# Carleigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carleigh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,114 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,114 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A rare spelling variant of Carly.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 267 | 958 |
| 2012 | 265 | 961 |
| 2013 | 230 | 1,074 |
| 2014 | 237 | 1,079 |
| 2015 | 237 | 1,092 |
| 2016 | 203 | 1,214 |
| 2017 | 178 | 1,311 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 134 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,770 |
| 2021 | 110 | 1,831 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,933 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,423 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,614 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,588 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.