Girls' name · since 1902
Carlee
Carlee has 12,982 recorded births since 1902 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,914 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,982
- born since 1902
- 2000s
- peak decade
12,982 babies have been named Carlee since 1902, making it today's #1914 girls' name.
Carlee has 12,982 recorded births among girls since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1914 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2025.
- #1,420 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,914 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,982 born since 1902
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlee ranks #1,420 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,914 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,982 born since 1902, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,914 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,982
- born since 1902
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carlee's 12,982 recorded births place it above 98.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Carlee compares
12,982 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carlee's all-time total is 35x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,982 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 464 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carlee's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1902, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 464, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carlee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 464
- Annual births at peak, across 124 years of records
Carlee popularity over time - boys
308 total births recorded since 1912 (Carlee as boys' name)
Carlee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (4,214 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Carlee's strongest decade.
4,214 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Carlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 88
1910s
88 births
- 1920s 123
1920s
123 births
- 1930s 107
1930s
107 births
- 1940s 102
1940s
102 births
- 1950s 72
1950s
72 births
- 1960s 84
1960s
84 births
- 1970s 277
1970s
277 births
- 1980s 914
1980s
914 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,003 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,214 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,172 births
- 2020s 821
2020s
821 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 4,214 births (32% of all-time use).
How Carlee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carlee's total volume
Carlee by state
Where Carlee concentrates geographically, total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 926 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 773 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 637 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 554 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 522 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 452 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 433 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 431 | 3.3% |
926 of 12,982 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Carlee appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carlee's data
- Carlee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (4,214 total births); usage has since declined to 821 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Carlees (926 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~123 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1902–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carlee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.