# Karlee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karlee/  
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 | 13,647 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,647 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25, 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 | 451 | 631 |
| 2012 | 406 | 694 |
| 2013 | 461 | 609 |
| 2014 | 414 | 684 |
| 2015 | 409 | 696 |
| 2016 | 373 | 767 |
| 2017 | 332 | 822 |
| 2018 | 288 | 930 |
| 2019 | 268 | 972 |
| 2020 | 243 | 1,036 |
| 2021 | 216 | 1,140 |
| 2022 | 206 | 1,175 |
| 2023 | 156 | 1,434 |
| 2024 | 120 | 1,705 |
| 2025 | 103 | 1,898 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## 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.