first name
CARLEE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,909 people named Carlee, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Black and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carlee peaked in 2009, when 464 babies got the name.
At least 13,290 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carlee by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,216. The largest share of babies named Carlee, 48.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carlee is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carlee has been most common in Utah (2.8×), Tennessee (2×), and Kentucky (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.37×).
10,110 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carlee
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carlee, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carlee ranks #69,958 of 156,621, with 302 people. See Carlee as a last name
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