How rare is the name Karlee?

11,216 people in the United States have the first name Karlee, about 1 in 26,929. It ranks #2,299 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KARLEE

#2,299

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,216
About
1 in 26,929
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,216 people named Karlee, 83.7% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karlee peaked in 2008, when 511 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
511
In 2025*
103 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,647 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Karlee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,180. The largest share of babies named Karlee, 50.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#13,57414
1970s#5,608186
1980s#2,660733
1990s#1,2033,427
2000s#1,1804,391
2010s#1,3823,847
2020s#2,4491,044
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9621.4%
Generation Z 1997–1250.5%
2013 and later26.3%

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 Karlee is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karlee has been most common in Utah (4.1×), Idaho (3×), and Oklahoma (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.39×).

11,561 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 Karlee

#2,297 Trinidad · 11,227#2,298 Caryn · 11,223#2,300 Angelita · 11,209#2,301 Donte · 11,207

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,560 Karlie · 9,445#3,224 Karley · 6,669#11,753 Karalee · 1,078#23,638 Karlye · 413#27,750 Karle · 328#32,621 Karlea · 257#34,642 Karlei · 235#35,546 Karolee · 226

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