Karleigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karleigh: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #873, reached in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#873highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
2000	#3912
2004	#3725
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2013	#4739
2015	#4103

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 9 of the 20 years from 1996 to 2015.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · 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
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #4103 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Girls

Karleigh 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 Karleigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	17	5 of 10	3
2010s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Karleigh 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 2017. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Karleigh'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	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 2017, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #873, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 21 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#873position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
21 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 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.

Karla · #88, 53y
Karlee · #894, 9y
Karley · #358, 14y
Karlie · #363, 26y

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.

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Adria · #873, 13y
Aly · #873, 14y
Aukse · #873, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Alejandra · #873, 25y
Aly · #873, 14y
Camellia · #873, 16y

Karleigh was ranked #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2017. 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.

Karleigh 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 Karleigh without appearing here.

Karleigh moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #5730.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5545 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #5742.
Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5545 and #4524 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #5742.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Karleigh

Luca Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1831.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2411 and #1958.
Liv Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #3912.

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 2017. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karleigh

Karleigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karleigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Karleigh

Karleigh and the names beside it

Karleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karleigh

Karleigh at a glance

Karleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karleigh 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 Karleigh

Karleigh and the names beside it

Karleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karleigh