# Carlee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carlee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,290 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 308 / 12,982 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Carly.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 369 | 747 |
| 2012 | 365 | 761 |
| 2013 | 367 | 741 |
| 2014 | 336 | 823 |
| 2015 | 371 | 760 |
| 2016 | 317 | 888 |
| 2017 | 264 | 985 |
| 2018 | 239 | 1,066 |
| 2019 | 184 | 1,260 |
| 2020 | 167 | 1,321 |
| 2021 | 157 | 1,392 |
| 2022 | 158 | 1,424 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,752 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,686 |
| 2025 | 101 | 1,911 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 7 | 3,120 |
| 1948 | 6 | 3,366 |
| 1950 | 5 | 3,762 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,137 |
| 1953 | 6 | 3,476 |
| 1954 | 8 | 2,986 |
| 1955 | 5 | 3,952 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,016 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,397 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,121 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,024 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,613 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,252 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,136 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,828 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.