Carleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Carleigh is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
What does Carleigh mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Carleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Carleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Carleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Carleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Carleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,583among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Carleigh, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,769th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 280 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Carleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were given Carleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,566, up from #2,583 for this spelling alone.
- Carleigh 67
- Karleigh 45
Carleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 110 | #1,830 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,769 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,585 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,391 |
| 2017 | 178 | #1,311 |
| 2016 | 203 | #1,214 |
| 2015 | 237 | #1,092 |
| 2014 | 237 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 230 | #1,073 |
| 2012 | 265 | #958 |
| 2011 | 267 | #956 |
| 2010 | 280 | #925 |
| 2009 | 259 | #1,016 |
| 2008 | 265 | #998 |
| 2007 | 243 | #1,081 |
| 2006 | 238 | #1,068 |
| 2005 | 191 | #1,198 |
| 2004 | 203 | #1,120 |
| 2003 | 192 | #1,134 |
| 2002 | 165 | #1,217 |
| 2001 | 155 | #1,265 |
| 2000 | 188 | #1,092 |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,302 |
| 1998 | 151 | #1,211 |
| 1997 | 135 | #1,289 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1995 | 112 | #1,436 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,619 |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,637 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,709 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Carleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Keira Eden Cassidy Caragh Eilidh Clodagh Caitlin Brooklyn Niamh Kiara Kayleigh
Other spellings of Carleigh
Names related to Carleigh
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carleigh, updated 20 October 2026.