Charlee
#417 for girls in 2025, 750 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 1,153 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,268since 1914
Charlee over time
Rank among girls' names. Charlee has never cracked the top 200 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 | #417 | 750 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #398 | 796 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #358 | 852 | #3,228 | 37 |
| 2022 | #346 | 924 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #272 | 1,153 | #3,180 | 37 |
| 2020 | #275 | 1,138 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #280 | 1,172 | #4,230 | 24 |
| 2018 | #288 | 1,150 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #279 | 1,161 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #297 | 1,101 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #282 | 1,131 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #314 | 1,056 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #325 | 996 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #380 | 823 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #439 | 710 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #558 | 524 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #730 | 397 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #819 | 349 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #979 | 274 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #918 | 288 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #1,093 | 218 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #1,175 | 191 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #1,416 | 140 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,750 | 103 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #1,476 | 127 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,885 | 90 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,770 | 90 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #1,801 | 86 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,733 | 89 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #1,807 | 79 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,716 | 85 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,981 | 64 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,551 | 85 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,720 | 70 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,222 | 46 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
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| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Charlee! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Charlee is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#91 · 1 in 335
- Delaware#125 · 1 in 340
- Mississippi#155 · 1 in 539
- Montana#158 · 1 in 433
- Kentucky#175 · 1 in 703
Best ever in a state: #61 in Wyoming, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #91 | 16 | 1 in 335 |
| Delaware | #125 | 7 | 1 in 340 |
| Mississippi | #155 | 18 | 1 in 539 |
| Montana | #158 | 6 | 1 in 433 |
| Kentucky | #175 | 24 | 1 in 703 |
| Tennessee | #185 | 39 | 1 in 809 |
| Arkansas | #190 | 15 | 1 in 695 |
| Missouri | #190 | 32 | 1 in 757 |
| Alabama | #192 | 25 | 1 in 768 |
| Kansas | #192 | 17 | 1 in 677 |
| Louisiana | #193 | 24 | 1 in 748 |
| Oregon | #202 | 17 | 1 in 756 |
| South Carolina | #220 | 21 | 1 in 846 |
| Iowa | #223 | 14 | 1 in 828 |
| Oklahoma | #237 | 16 | 1 in 924 |
| Nebraska | #243 | 9 | 1 in 793 |
| North Carolina | #246 | 43 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Ohio | #270 | 42 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Utah | #271 | 15 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Pennsylvania | #272 | 42 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Georgia | #276 | 41 | 1 in 1,117 |
| Michigan | #303 | 29 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Idaho | #313 | 6 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Colorado | #335 | 16 | 1 in 1,363 |
| Wisconsin | #347 | 15 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Washington | #353 | 20 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Minnesota | #363 | 15 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Arizona | #376 | 18 | 1 in 1,569 |
| Texas | #407 | 84 | 1 in 1,938 |
| Virginia | #408 | 20 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Nevada | #419 | 6 | 1 in 1,572 |
| Indiana | #430 | 16 | 1 in 1,758 |
| Illinois | #448 | 23 | 1 in 2,030 |
| New York | #537 | 32 | 1 in 2,502 |
| New Jersey | #547 | 15 | 1 in 2,449 |
| Maryland | #551 | 10 | 1 in 2,214 |
| Florida | #642 | 27 | 1 in 3,190 |
| California | #672 | 51 | 1 in 3,407 |
| Massachusetts | #765 | 6 | 1 in 4,087 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| 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 Charlee
- 19 spots since 2024 (#398 → #417)
- 142 spots since 2020 (#275 → #417)
- 135 spots since 2015 (#282 → #417)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 2006 (#1,093 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2022 (#272 → #346)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2021 at #272 (1,153 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,421 girls born in 2020 were named Charlee (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,143 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #272 in 2021, was only 1 in 1,423 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 51.0% of all girls named Charlee (9,824) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,618 (1914) | #3,618 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,725 (1928) | #4,725 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,701 (1936) | #4,063 |
| 1940s | 86 | #2,637 (1947) | #3,036 |
| 1950s | 107 | #2,074 (1952) | #4,141 |
| 1960s | 55 | #3,619 (1969) | #4,917 |
| 1970s | 178 | #2,477 (1979) | #4,061 |
| 1980s | 447 | #1,551 (1988) | #2,551 |
| 1990s | 749 | #1,716 (1990) | #1,959 |
| 2000s | 2,177 | #730 (2009) | #1,224 |
| 2010s | 9,824 | #279 (2017) | #344 |
| 2020s | 5,613 | #272 (2021) | #344 |
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.
Charlee in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 1,775 of them was named Charlee, which outranked 98.1% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 58,200 of them was named Charlee, which outranked 74.2% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,617Yoshua31
- #3,617Yosohn31
- #3,617Yuvin31
- #3,691Charlee30
- #3,691Abisai30
- #3,691Aithan30
- #3,691Aldair30
- #3,774Ajax29
- #3,774Alexandros29
- #3,774Andersen29
Tied with 82 names at #3,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.