How popular is the name Karlee?

Karlee ranks 570th among girls' names in US records, with 45,667 births since 1902. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,749.

Is Karlee a unisex name?

No. Karlee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2008, when 1,730 children were given the name. It has been in use for 123 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Carlee, Karley, Carleigh, Karleigh, Carlea. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#570 of girl names

Pronounced K AA1 R L IY1 (ARPABET)

Karlee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1902. It has been given to 45,667 children — the 570th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 44% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2008, when 1,730 children were given it.

Five other spellings are counted in that total — Carlee, Karley, Carleigh and two more — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Karlee and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Karlee?: Karlee ranks 570th among girls' names in US records, with 45,667 births since 1902. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,749.
Is Karlee a unisex name?: No. Karlee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Karlee most popular?: 2008, when 1,730 children were given the name. It has been in use for 123 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Karlee spelled?: Carlee, Karley, Carleigh, Karleigh, Carlea. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.