Karlee Girl
How popular is Karlee?
#1,896 girl name in 2025
103 baby girls were named Karlee in the US in 2025, making it the 1896th most popular girl name.
Karlee popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,896 for girls (▼ 198 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 103 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #693 in 2015, #1,031 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (511 girls) |
| Highest rank | #583 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karlee counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carly family of names ranked #295 for girls in 2025 (#272 the year before), with 1,113 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carly | 248 | 22% |
| Karlee | 103 | 9% |
| Karlie | 85 | 8% |
| Carlee | 101 | 9% |
| Carlie | 65 | 6% |
| Karleigh | 45 | 4% |
| Carleigh | 67 | 6% |
| Carley | 63 | 6% |
| Karely | 74 | 7% |
| Karley | 46 | 4% |
| Karly | 66 | 6% |
| Karli | 64 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karlee is most popular
Babies named Karlee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Alabama: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Missouri: 0.3 per 1,000 (31 girls)
Karlee by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1960s | 14 | #5,167 |
| 1970s | 186 | #2,477 |
| 1980s | 733 | #1,184 |
| 1990s | 3,427 | #588 |
| 2000s | 4,391 | #583 |
| 2010s | 3,847 | #608 |
| 2020s | 1,044 | #1,031 |
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Questions
- Is Karlee a boy or girl name?
- Karlee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karlee were girls.
- How popular is the name Karlee?
- 103 baby girls were named Karlee in the US in 2025, making it the 1896th most popular girl name.
- When was Karlee most popular?
- Karlee peaked in 2008, when 511 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #583 in 2004.
- How many people are named Karlee?
- 13,647 babies have been named Karlee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,494 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Karlee most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karlee was most common in Mississippi, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.