Charleigh

Where Charleigh comes from

Modern fanciful spelling of Charlie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Charleigh
Along the way
  1. 1985
    First appearance
    #7,563 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2019
    Peak, #433
    738 babies named Charleigh — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #762.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Charleigh turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.