Recorded 1929–2019 Girls' name Peak 1971 860 births

Caralee — girls' name

860 babies named Caralee in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s101930s621940s901950s771960s1301970s1791980s1111990s702000s482010s83
1970s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Caralee was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

27 babies were named Caralee in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Caralee

The Social Security Administration has registered 860 babies named Caralee between 1929 and 2019, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caralee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caralee performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Caralee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caralee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caralee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 860 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Caralee at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

860

Since 1929

91 years of records

Peak year

1971

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1929

Recorded for 91 years

Last year on file: 2019

Caralee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1929

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1971)
27
Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
051015202530 201920091994198419741963195219411929 10

Caralee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
179 births that decade — 21% of Caralee's all-time total
1920s101930s621940s901950s771960s1301970s1791980s1111990s702000s482010s83

Caralee by state

Where Caralee concentrates geographically — total births since 1929

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Caralee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 1.2%
California share of Caralee's total US births 1.2%

10 of 860 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Caralee?
860 babies have been named Caralee since 1929. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1971 with 27 births.
When was Caralee most popular?
Caralee was most popular in the 1970s decade with 179 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
Where is Caralee most popular?
The top states for the name Caralee are California (10 births).
How long has the name Caralee been used?
Caralee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1929, spanning 91 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Caralee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Carol, Carolyn, Carrie, Caroline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.