How rare is the name Charlee?

12,443 people in the United States have the first name Charlee, about 1 in 24,273. It ranks #2,145 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHARLEE

#2,145

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,443
About
1 in 24,273
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,443 people named Charlee, 78% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as Black. 97.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Charlee peaked in 2019, when 1,196 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
1,196
In 2025*
769 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 19,749 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Charlee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #662. The largest share of babies named Charlee, 69.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#13,8275
1930s#8,60322
1940s#5,46086
1950s#5,653107
1960s#8,68455
1970s#5,767178
1980s#3,631458
1990s#3,166778
2000s#1,9042,234
2010s#66210,019
2020s#6845,802
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–964.7%
Generation Z 1997–1223.4%
2013 and later69.4%

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 Charlee is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charlee has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Idaho (2.5×), and Montana (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.29×).

16,920 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 Charlee

#2,143 Hank · 12,449#2,144 Maddie · 12,448#2,146 Joesph · 12,432#2,147 Kierra · 12,431

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Charlee, most common first.

#533 Charlie · 104,901#1,974 Charley · 14,039#3,115 Charli · 7,053#3,232 Charla · 6,653#5,025 Charly · 3,515#9,024 Charle · 1,570#19,928 Charlea · 524#24,775 Charlye · 387

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