Karleigh

Girl name

Karleigh has been given to 5,032 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It peaked in 2016.

Meaning & origin

A rare spelling variant of Carly.

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

5,032

Peak year

2016 (237 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1983

10-year trend

▼ -81%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Karleigh.

5,048 babies since 1979

5,014 babies since 1939

5,051 babies since 1975

5,052 babies since 1982

5,057 babies since 1973

5,003 babies since 1896

5,000 babies since 1915

5,065 babies since 1990

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