# Karleigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karleigh/  
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 | 5,032 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,032 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36, 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 | 225 | 1,094 |
| 2012 | 210 | 1,172 |
| 2013 | 236 | 1,052 |
| 2014 | 230 | 1,107 |
| 2015 | 236 | 1,097 |
| 2016 | 237 | 1,090 |
| 2017 | 183 | 1,288 |
| 2018 | 179 | 1,282 |
| 2019 | 164 | 1,376 |
| 2020 | 156 | 1,403 |
| 2021 | 118 | 1,744 |
| 2022 | 89 | 2,150 |
| 2023 | 84 | 2,239 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3,100 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,425 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |

## 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.