Carleigh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Carleigh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#661highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2013

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1999	#2444
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2005	#4798
2008	#3005
2013	#4739

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 8 of the 18 years from 1996 to 2013.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4739 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2014 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2014
Highest recorded position: #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2013–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2014.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carleigh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 37 births with the name.

Carleigh across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Carleigh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2411 (1997)	#4739 (2013)	8 of 18	37 (1996–2013)	7 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#894 (2013)	#661 (2014)	#661 (2014)	2 of 2	8 (2013–2014)	5 (2014)

Carleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Carleigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Carleigh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Carleigh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2014, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #661, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#661position in 2014, its most recent recorded year
17 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Carlie · #344, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mia-Lily · #660, 9y
Kahlan · #663, 13y
Avyan · #655, 12y
Beyonce · #655, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abigael · #661, 25y
Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Cem · #661, 28y
Esra · #661, 29y

Carleigh was ranked #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Carleigh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Carleigh without appearing here.

Carleigh moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4798 and #2084 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Helene Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4798 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #4524.
Kari Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4137 and #2868 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #4524.

Moved ahead of Carleigh

Luca Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #1970.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2411 and #1958.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Carleigh

Carleigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carleigh across 2 official records

Carleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Carleigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Carleigh

Carleigh and the names beside it

Carleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carleigh

Carleigh at a glance

Carleigh across 2 official records

Carleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Carleigh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Carleigh

Carleigh and the names beside it

Carleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carleigh