Karleigh — #3090 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,985 babies named Karleigh between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karleigh currently holds the #3090 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 237 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karleigh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 446 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Karleigh in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karleigh 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 4,985 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.