Caralee
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 865since 1929
Caralee over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Caralee has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
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First appearance
1929
The first year at least five girls were named Caralee! It came in at #2,921, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Caralee is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Caralee in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Caralee
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 1,936 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1946 at #2,153 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 61,623
- Highest: 1 in 61,623 girls born in 1971 were named Caralee (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,153 in 1946, was only 1 in 82,700 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.7% of all girls named Caralee (179) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #2,921 (1929) | #2,921 |
| 1930s | 62 | #2,570 (1937) | #3,053 |
| 1940s | 90 | #2,153 (1946) | #3,394 |
| 1950s | 77 | #3,095 (1955) | #4,326 |
| 1960s | 130 | #2,752 (1961) | #3,467 |
| 1970s | 179 | #2,665 (1971) | #3,907 |
| 1980s | 111 | #4,005 (1981) | #6,672 |
| 1990s | 70 | #5,267 (1992) | #9,823 |
| 2000s | 48 | #10,745 (2000) | #13,569 |
| 2010s | 83 | #8,966 (2014) | #12,140 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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