Girls' name · since 1975
Carleigh
6,114 babies named Carleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,114
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carleigh is the #2594 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,114 recorded since 1975.
Carleigh has 6,114 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2594 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,265 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,594 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,114 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carleigh ranks #2,265 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,594 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,114 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,114
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carleigh's 6,114 recorded births place it above 96.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Carleigh compares
6,114 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carleigh's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,114 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 280 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carleigh's full recorded timeline at 2001, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 280 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 280
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Carleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,192 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Carleigh's strongest decade.
2,192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Carleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 221
1980s
221 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,047 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,099 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,192 births
- 2020s 533
2020s
533 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,192 births (36% of all-time use).
How Carleigh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carleigh's total volume
Carleigh by state
Where Carleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 439 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 340 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 328 | 5.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 317 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 272 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 240 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 222 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 217 | 3.5% |
439 of 6,114 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Carleigh appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carleigh's data
- Carleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (2,192 total births); usage has since declined to 533 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Carleighs (439 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Carleigh 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.