Girls' name · since 2000
Carlei
172 babies named Carlei in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carlei is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 172 have been recorded since 2000.
Carlei has 172 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #21,360 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 172 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlei ranks #21,360 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carlei's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carlei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carlei splits its recorded history at 2014: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carlei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Carlei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Carlei's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Carlei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Carlei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carlei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2000–2024 (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 Carlei 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.