Charleigh
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Meaning
strictly feminine variant of Charlie, from Charles (Germanic karl, 'man')
The story
Charleigh is Charlie dressed for the christening, a spelling Behind the Name files as a strictly feminine variant of Charlie, which is itself the diminutive and feminine face of Charles. Here is the honest part: Charles descends from the Germanic name Karl, and the sources gloss karl as man, with an alternative theory pointing to a word for army. The free man so often attached to this family is not in the dictionaries, and this page no longer repeats it. The record is as modern as the spelling: 25 girls in the 1980s, then 154, then 831, then 5,401 across the 2010s, with 3,044 so far this decade, better than half the previous total with years remaining. Behind the Name shows it 811th in the United States in 2025 and remembers an England and Wales appearance in 2006. The -eigh ending is the fashion; the name inside it has worn crowns since Charlemagne.
How popular is Charleigh around the world?
In the United States, 3,044 babies were named Charleigh between 2020 and 2025.
Charleigh is on the official records of the United States, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 7,200
In the United States, 3,044 babies were named Charleigh between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Charleigh peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 28,000
In Canada, 13 girls named Charleigh were born in 2024, ranked 1,709th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 150,000
In England and Wales, 4 girls named Charleigh were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
last on record 2018
Charleigh is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Scotland
last on record 2023
Charleigh is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
last on record 2014
Charleigh is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Charleigh
Most people given the name Charleigh in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Charleigh deep dive
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