Carleigh
- Pronunciation
- [Car-leigh]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Freeholder (Dignity For Life)
- Origin
- German
Carleigh Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 6,046 baby girls have been named Carleigh. The name peaked in 2010 with 280 US births that year (rank #925). In 2024, ranked #2600 nationally — 1,675 places below its 2010 peak.
Top States for Carleigh
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Carleigh births are: Texas (425), Virginia (335), Georgia (315).
Other German-Origin Names Like Carleigh
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8-Letter Names Starting with C
Names with Carleigh's exact length and starting letter: Cacamwri, Caddaham, Caddaric, Caddarik, Caddawyc.
Quick Facts About Carleigh
US Popularity History (2008–2012)
Annual US births named Carleigh by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2010 with 280 girls named Carleigh (girl rank #925 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2012, ranked #959 for girls (265 US births). That's 34 places below its 2010 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Carleigh Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Carleigh the strongest states are Mississippi, Kentucky, South Carolina.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #423 | 53 |
| 2 | Kentucky | #571 | 29 |
| 3 | South Carolina | #586 | 30 |
| 4 | Alabama | #590 | 66 |
| 5 | Louisiana | #652 | 44 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #827 | 32 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #887 | 33 |
| 8 | Virginia | #913 | 39 |
| 9 | Georgia | #918 | 87 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #918 | 87 |
| 2 | Virginia | #913 | 39 |
| 3 | North Carolina | #887 | 33 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #827 | 32 |
| 5 | Louisiana | #652 | 44 |
| 6 | Alabama | #590 | 66 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #586 | 30 |
| 8 | Kentucky | #571 | 29 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #423 | 53 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Carleigh in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carley | "A Free Person. A Feminine Form Of Charles, Also See Carla, Carol And Caroline." | Female | English |
| Carlie | "Variant Of Karlee, Karlie." | Female | English |
| Karla | Strong | Female | French |
| Karlee | Womanly: Strength. Feminine Of Karl. | Female | German |
| Karleigh | Womanly: Strength. Feminine Of Karl. | Female | German |
| Karli | Covered With Snow | Female | Turkish |
| Karlie | Womanly: Strength. Feminine Of Karl. | Female | German |
| Karly | Womanly: Strength. Feminine Of Karl. | Female | German |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Carleigh against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).