Girls' name · since 1983
Karleigh
5,032 babies named Karleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,569 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,417 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,032
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,032 babies have been named Karleigh since 1983, making it today's #3417 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karleigh has been recorded 5,032 times among girls since 1983, currently ranked #3417 nationally and more common than 80% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #2,569 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,417 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,032 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karleigh ranks #2,569 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,417 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,032 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,569 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,417 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,032
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karleigh's 5,032 recorded births place it above 96.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Karleigh compares
5,032 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Karleigh's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,032 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 237 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karleigh splits its recorded history at 2004: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 237 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 237
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Karleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,127 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Karleigh's strongest decade.
2,127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Karleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 91
1980s
91 births
- 1990s 673
1990s
673 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,597 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,127 births
- 2020s 544
2020s
544 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,127 births (42% of all-time use).
How Karleigh 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 Karleigh's total volume
Karleigh by state
Where Karleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 454 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 211 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 206 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 199 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 192 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 187 | 3.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 187 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 172 | 3.4% |
454 of 5,032 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Karleigh appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karleigh's data
- Karleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (2,127 total births); usage has since declined to 544 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Karleighs (454 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 Karleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Karleigh 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.