The first name Karleigh
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A rare spelling variant of Carly.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Karleigh last appeared in the official list in 2015, given to 5 girls. It peaked in 1997, with 6 births (#2,411).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Karleigh with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Karleigh at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 45 girls born in the United States were named Karleigh, the 3,425th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2016, when 237 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Karleigh mean?
- A rare spelling variant of Carly.
- How popular is the name Karleigh?
- In 2015, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Karleigh, ranking 4,103rd. Its peak was 1997, with 6 births.
- Is Karleigh a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,032 US babies named Karleigh since 1880 were girls.
- When was Karleigh most popular?
- 2016 in the United States, when 237 babies were named Karleigh, its highest rank at 1,090th.