Karleigh

#3,424 in 2025Girls' name

Free man, through Carly

Karleigh has been given to 5,032 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #3,424 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 237 recorded.

Babies named Karleigh, 2025

1 in 73,700

Karleigh over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Karleigh: meaning, origin, and history

Free man, through Carly

Germanic languages

What Karleigh means

Karleigh belongs to the name family reached through Karleigh → Carly → Carl → Charles. Its meaning is “free man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Karleigh is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carly, Carl and Charles.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,032 girls were recorded with the name Karleigh between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 237 in 2016; its best national rank was #1,052 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,403 in 2020 to #3,424 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,097 in 2015 to #3,424 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Karleigh?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 73,700; 45 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 35,700; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #3,424; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 51,066 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Karleigh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 51,066 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Karleigh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Karleighs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Karleigh was born before 2010 — so the typical Karleigh is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 42.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 82.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5,032; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 42.3% of all recorded uses (2,127).

Is Karleigh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −324; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,021; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,327; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.19×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 19.0%; Peak was 2016 (237)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 11.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,052; 2013

Spellings of Karleigh

Karleigh is not the most common spelling — Kayleigh is, with 18.7% against Karleigh's 2.7%.

Kayleigh18.7%34,561
Kyleigh10.9%20,193
Kaleigh8.8%16,244
Haleigh7.7%14,284
Charleigh5.1%9,455
Carleigh3.3%6,114
Marleigh3.3%6,111
Caleigh3.1%5,768

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Karleigh is used

Across 2016–2025, Karleigh was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 917 girls, against 1 in 11,732 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

0109 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Mississippi1 in 917
2Alabama1 in 2,222
3Louisiana1 in 3,030
4Kentucky1 in 4,000
5South Carolina1 in 5,263
6Georgia1 in 5,882
7Tennessee1 in 6,250
8North Carolina1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Karleigh around the world

Where Karleigh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2015
#4,103
in 2015
Ireland
2017–2017
#873
in 2017
Canada
1991–2020
#3,347
in 2020
South Australia
1984–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Karleigh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #3,424
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,021
Best rank ever: #1,052; 2013
Peak year: 2016; 237 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 5,032
Count in 2025: 45

Names similar to Karleigh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Karolina Karoline Karolyn Bayleigh Harleigh Bryleigh Hayleigh Hadleigh Marleigh Carleigh Oakleigh Karishma Karter Karisma Rayleigh Kaileigh Karena Karaline Karmen Karalynn Karalyn Baileigh Karley Kareena

Names with a curve like Karleigh

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Karleigh, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Annaliese Alaysia Aleigha Kailynn Kyndall Alanah Kaelynn Analise Miyah Kylah Aiyanna Kyndal

Sibling names for Karleigh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Anabelle Elin Jordynn Aubri Anabel Ali Leigha Jessa

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Arvin Tyshawn Gannon

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