Carleigh
Carleigh is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Carleigh Baker, Canadian writer Carleigh Williams, American football player
Meaning & Origin of Carleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carleigh is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Carleigh Baker, Canadian writer Carleigh Williams, American football player
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The Story of Carleigh
Carleigh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 280 Carleighs were born — ranking #925 that year. As of 2026, Carleigh ranks #2,907 for baby girls with 57 births, falling sharply (-48%). In total, more than 6K Carleighs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Carleigh
Carleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Carleigh's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #925. Use the chart and map above to compare Carleigh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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