Carolee

Peak · girls
1943 · 266 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,458
since 1917

Carolee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carolee has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #454, 1943girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2022—
2021#15,2515
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016#12,8767
2015—
2014#13,0697
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010#14,9596
2009—
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2004#8,25913
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1999—
1998—
1997#10,8367
1996—
1995#11,7836
1994#7,60411
1993#8,05210
1992#11,7386
1991#7,98710
1990#8,5019
1989#12,3625
1988#7,11110
1987#6,78810
1986#10,9125
1985#6,45710
1984#5,53912
1983#4,88414
1982#3,41824
1981#4,34417
1980#3,13427
1979#2,62134
1978#2,68031
1977#2,02647
1976#2,54631
1975#1,85449
1974#1,73352
1973#1,64755
1972#1,12798
1971#1,074112
1970#1,46469
1969#1,37070
1968#1,27974
1967#2,11731
1966#2,09431
1965#1,68944
1964#2,07133
1963#1,54753
1962#1,42960
1961#1,32770
1960#1,35466
1959#1,38360
1958#1,41756
1957#1,28967
1956#1,24969
1955#1,22068
1954#1,22965
1953#1,14671
1952#1,23659
1951#1,09872
1950#1,14565
1949#1,00081
1948#93985
1947#861103
1946#90885
1945#680119
1944#551173
1943#454266
1942#585159
1941#589142
1940#629125
1939#640114
1938#568145
1937#568143
1936#631110
1935#75880
1934#550138
1933#73680
1932#90560
1931#1,17537
1930#1,43429
1929#1,28234
1928#2,49713
1927#1,93520
1926#2,16517
1925#1,89121
1924#2,21217
1923#2,58713
1922#3,15210
1921#3,6668
1920#3,3409
1919#3,00510
1918#2,51913
1917#4,0836
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Carolee! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carolee is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Carolee in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1932
  • Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1946
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1943 at #454 (266 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1932–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,245
  • Highest: 1 in 5,245 girls born in 1943 were named Carolee (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 30.0% of all girls named Carolee (1,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s29#2,519 (1918)#3,202
1920s162#1,282 (1929)#2,473
1930s936#550 (1934)#797
1940s1,338#454 (1943)#720
1950s652#1,098 (1951)#1,241
1960s532#1,279 (1968)#1,628
1970s578#1,074 (1971)#1,877
1980s134#3,134 (1980)#6,495
1990s59#7,604 (1994)#9,500
2000s13#8,259 (2004)#8,259
2010s20#12,876 (2016)#13,635
2020s5#15,251 (2021)#15,251

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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