Carlee — #1678 US girls' name
12,876 babies named Carlee in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Carlee was born in this single decade.
464 babies were named Carlee in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlee
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,876 babies named Carlee between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlee currently holds the #1678 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 464 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Carlee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 915 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlee in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlee 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 12,876 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.
Carlee at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Carlee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1902
- Peak year (2009)
- 464
- Annual births at peak — across 123 years of records
Currently ranks #1678 among girls.
12,876 total births across 123 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 464 births in a single year.
Carlee popularity over time — boys
308 total births recorded since 1912 (Carlee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Carlee accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carlee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 4,214 births that decade — 33% of Carlee's all-time total
Carlee decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,214 births
- Runner-up 3,168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Carlee's strongest decade
4,214 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Carlee by state
Where Carlee concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 915 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 773 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 637 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 548 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 522 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 445 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 428 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 425 | 3.3% |
915 of 12,876 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- California 6.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 41 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Carlee appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1902–2024 (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.