Girls' name · since 2000
Carleah
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 85 babies named Carleah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carleah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 85 have been recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Carleah recorded 85 times among girls since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2019.
- #28,918 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carleah ranks #28,918 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carleah's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carleah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2019
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Carleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 88% of the file).
2010s was Carleah's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Carleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (88% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carleah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.