Recorded 2000–2019 Girls' name Peak 2011 85 births

Carleah — girls' name

85 babies named Carleah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s102010s75
2010s
Peak decade

88% of everyone ever named Carleah was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

14 babies were named Carleah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Carleah

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Carleah between 2000 and 2019, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carleah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carleah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Carleah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carleah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 85 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Carleah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

85

Since 2000

20 years of records

Peak year

2011

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2000

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2019

Carleah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2000

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
14
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
46810121416 20192018201620152014201320122011201020072000 5

Carleah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
75 births that decade — 88% of Carleah's all-time total
2000s102010s75

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Carleah?
85 babies have been named Carleah since 2000. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2011 with 14 births.
When was Carleah most popular?
Carleah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 75 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Carleah been used?
Carleah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 20 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Carleah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Carol, Carolyn, Carrie, Caroline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.