Carlee
#1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 97.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 377 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,982since 1902
Carlee over time
Rank among girls' names. Carlee has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,911 | 101 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,681 | 121 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,422 | 158 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,392 | 157 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,318 | 167 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,259 | 184 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,065 | 239 | — | |
| 2017 | #985 | 264 | — | |
| 2016 | #887 | 317 | — | |
| 2015 | #760 | 371 | — | |
| 2014 | #823 | 336 | — | |
| 2013 | #741 | 367 | — | |
| 2012 | #759 | 365 | — | |
| 2011 | #745 | 369 | — | |
| 2010 | #757 | 360 | — | |
| 2009 | #641 | 464 | — | |
| 2008 | #701 | 430 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #666 | 445 | — | |
| 2006 | #653 | 444 | — | |
| 2005 | #614 | 459 | — | |
| 2004 | #631 | 432 | — | |
| 2003 | #680 | 385 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #645 | 392 | — | |
| 2001 | #688 | 362 | — | |
| 2000 | #627 | 401 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #646 | 362 | — | |
| 1998 | #615 | 391 | — | |
| 1997 | #600 | 377 | — | |
| 1996 | #675 | 326 | — | |
| 1995 | #699 | 302 | — | |
| 1994 | #719 | 288 | — | |
| 1993 | #723 | 294 | — | |
| 1992 | #718 | 297 | — | |
| 1991 | #885 | 222 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,186 | 144 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,157 | 142 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,285 | 113 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,280 | 109 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,367 | 94 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,269 | 106 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,323 | 92 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,374 | 89 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Carlee! It came in at #1,793, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carlee is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#244 · 1 in 940
- West Virginia#286 · 1 in 1,148
- Kentucky#292 · 1 in 1,349
- Tennessee#336 · 1 in 1,533
- Alabama#361 · 1 in 1,614
Best ever in a state: #93 in Wyoming, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #244 | 13 | 1 in 940 |
| West Virginia | #286 | 6 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Kentucky | #292 | 15 | 1 in 1,349 |
| Tennessee | #336 | 21 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Alabama | #361 | 13 | 1 in 1,614 |
| Iowa | #376 | 8 | 1 in 1,691 |
| Idaho | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,474 |
| Mississippi | #436 | 7 | 1 in 1,783 |
| Ohio | #440 | 24 | 1 in 2,350 |
| Missouri | #465 | 13 | 1 in 2,264 |
| Georgia | #474 | 23 | 1 in 2,296 |
| North Carolina | #475 | 21 | 1 in 2,289 |
| Pennsylvania | #481 | 22 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Oklahoma | #495 | 8 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Indiana | #498 | 13 | 1 in 2,500 |
| Utah | #524 | 8 | 1 in 2,472 |
| South Carolina | #542 | 8 | 1 in 2,400 |
| Michigan | #559 | 15 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Kansas | #589 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Washington | #607 | 11 | 1 in 2,922 |
| Florida | #655 | 24 | 1 in 3,587 |
| Maryland | #688 | 7 | 1 in 3,611 |
| Texas | #701 | 43 | 1 in 3,900 |
| Louisiana | #706 | 6 | 1 in 3,371 |
| Wisconsin | #740 | 6 | 1 in 4,175 |
| Minnesota | #744 | 6 | 1 in 4,293 |
| Virginia | #842 | 8 | 1 in 4,702 |
| Illinois | #1,057 | 10 | 1 in 6,622 |
| New York | #1,491 | 9 | 1 in 10,614 |
| California | #1,833 | 14 | 1 in 16,382 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
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| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Carlee
- 230 spots since 2024 (#1,681 → #1,911)
- 593 spots since 2020 (#1,318 → #1,911)
- 1,151 spots since 2015 (#760 → #1,911)
- Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1991 (#1,186 → #885)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2016 (#760 → #887)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1997 at #600 (377 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1991–2017
- Highest: 1 in 3,959 girls born in 2009 were named Carlee (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,914 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #600 in 1997, was only 1 in 4,617 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.5% of all girls named Carlee (4,214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,793 (1902) | #1,793 |
| 1910s | 88 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,444 |
| 1920s | 123 | #2,191 (1929) | #2,756 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,817 (1932) | #2,758 |
| 1940s | 102 | #2,151 (1943) | #3,238 |
| 1950s | 72 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,584 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,782 (1962) | #4,950 |
| 1970s | 277 | #2,099 (1976) | #3,290 |
| 1980s | 914 | #1,157 (1989) | #1,480 |
| 1990s | 3,003 | #600 (1997) | #747 |
| 2000s | 4,214 | #614 (2005) | #655 |
| 2010s | 3,172 | #741 (2013) | #878 |
| 2020s | 821 | #1,318 (2020) | #1,579 |
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.
Carlee in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 4,398 of them was named Carlee, which outranked 96.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 408,030 of them was named Carlee, which outranked 14.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).