Chalee — girls' name
145 babies named Chalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
145 girls have been named Chalee since 1982, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2007.
- 145
- total births
- 1982–2007
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Chalee was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Chalee in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chalee
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Chalee between 1982 and 2007, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chalee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chalee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chalee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chalee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chalee 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 145 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.
Chalee at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1982
- Peak year (2000)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
145 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 23 births in a single year.
Chalee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 75 births that decade — 52% of Chalee's all-time total
Chalee decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chalee's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Chalee by state
Where Chalee concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 4.1% |
6 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2007 (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.