Karlee

Karlee was the #1,896 girls' name in the US in 2025 (103 babies), and #2,730 in Canada.

Karlee as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Karlee as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Karlee as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,896 (103)——#2,730 (7)
2024#1,698 (120)——#2,975 (6)
2023#1,430 (156)——#2,366 (8)
2022#1,172 (206)——#2,315 (8)
2021#1,138 (216)——#1,381 (17)
2020#1,031 (243)——#1,359 (17)
2019#971 (268)——#1,683 (13)
2018#928 (288)——#1,862 (11)
2017#822 (332)#5,765 (3)—#1,382 (17)
2016#765 (373)——#1,109 (23)
2015#693 (409)—#896 (3)#1,043 (24)
2014#684 (414)#4,003 (5)—#1,151 (22)
2013#608 (461)#4,739 (4)#894 (3)#950 (28)
2012#692 (406)—#907 (3)#1,055 (24)
2011#630 (451)——#797 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #602.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Karlee is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karlee by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Karlee (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarleeCanadaGirls#2,7307
KarleeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KarleeIrelandGirls—too few
KarleeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KarleeUSGirls#1,896103