Recorded 1880–2018 Girls' name Peak 1920 1,215 births

Paralee — girls' name

1,215 babies named Paralee in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1920s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Paralee was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

39 babies were named Paralee in 1920 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Paralee

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,215 babies named Paralee between 1880 and 2018, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paralee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paralee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Paralee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Paralee in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paralee 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 1,215 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.

Paralee at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

1,215

Since 1880

139 years of records

Peak year

1920

39 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1880

Recorded for 139 years

Last year on file: 2018

Paralee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1880

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1920)
39
Annual births at peak — across 139 years of records
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Paralee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
256 births that decade — 21% of Paralee's all-time total
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Paralee by state

Where Paralee concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Paralee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Alabama
64 5.3%
#2 Texas
26 2.1%
#3 Georgia
12 1.0%
#4 Mississippi
10 0.8%
#5 South Carolina
6 0.5%
#6 Arkansas
5 0.4%
#7 Tennessee
5 0.4%
Alabama share of Paralee's total US births 5.3%
Even split

64 of 1,215 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Paralee?
1,215 babies have been named Paralee since 1880. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1920 with 39 births.
When was Paralee most popular?
Paralee was most popular in the 1920s decade with 256 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
Where is Paralee most popular?
The top states for the name Paralee are Alabama (64 births), Texas (26 births), Georgia (12 births).
How long has the name Paralee been used?
Paralee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 139 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Paralee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Paris, Parker, Parris, Parthenia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1880–2018 (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.