How rare is the name Charleigh?

5,603 people in the United States have the first name Charleigh, about 1 in 53,905. It ranks #3,641 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CHARLEIGH

#3,641

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,603
About
1 in 53,905
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,603 people named Charleigh, 78% reported their origin as White, 8.9% as Black and 6.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Charleigh peaked in 2019, when 738 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19852025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
738
In 2025*
337 ▼54%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,455 babies have been given the name since 1985. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Charleigh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,088. The largest share of babies named Charleigh, 78.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#19,21625
1990s#9,688154
2000s#3,793831
2010s#1,0885,401
2020s#1,1573,044
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–1220.4%
2013 and later78.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Charleigh is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charleigh has been most common in Mississippi (2.8×), Georgia (2.8×), and Alabama (2.7×), and least common in California (0.29×).

8,224 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Charleigh

1 other first name also has 5,603 people.

#3,641 Alexandro · 5,603

Either side of Charleigh

#3,640 Salem · 5,605#3,641 Alexandro · 5,603#3,643 Hamid · 5,602#3,644 Jerrold · 5,598

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