Karilee — girls' name
43 babies named Karilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Karilee was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Karilee in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karilee
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Karilee between 1961 and 1988, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karilee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karilee performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Karilee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karilee 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 43 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.
Karilee at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1961
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
43 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 6 births in a single year.
Karilee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 23 births that decade — 53% of Karilee's all-time total
Karilee decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Karilee's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 1961–1988 (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.