Charlee
Mostly girls · CHAR-lee · Germanic
Charlee is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 417th for girls in the US (750 babies).
What does Charlee mean?
Germanic: spelling of Charlie, pet form of Charles or Charlotte
“free man”
A modern girls' spelling of Charlie, the pet form of Charles and Charlotte.
- Say it
- CHAR-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Charlee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Charlee has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 750 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Charlee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 50 girls.
Half of all the girls named Charlee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Girls were 82% of the babies named Charlee in the UK in 1996, and 58% in 2022.
Charlee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,167 |
| 2009 | 30 | #1,127 |
| 2008 | 34 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 50 | #681 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 33 | #812 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 36 | #731 |
| 1999 | 42 | #662 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 38 | #719 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Charlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #417among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 750about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 750 girls in the US were named Charlee, making it the 417th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 275th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,172 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914. 19 boys were also named Charlee in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Charlee than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Charlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,266 girls in the US were given Charlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #63, up from #417 for this spelling alone.
Charlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 750 | #417 |
| 2024 | 796 | #398 |
| 2023 | 852 | #358 |
| 2022 | 924 | #346 |
| 2021 | 1,153 | #272 |
| 2020 | 1,138 | #275 |
| 2019 | 1,172 | #280 |
| 2018 | 1,150 | #288 |
| 2017 | 1,161 | #279 |
| 2016 | 1,101 | #297 |
| 2015 | 1,131 | #282 |
| 2014 | 1,056 | #314 |
| 2013 | 996 | #325 |
| 2012 | 823 | #380 |
| 2011 | 710 | #439 |
| 2010 | 524 | #558 |
| 2009 | 397 | #730 |
| 2008 | 349 | #819 |
| 2007 | 274 | #979 |
| 2006 | 288 | #918 |
| 2005 | 218 | #1,093 |
| 2004 | 191 | #1,174 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,415 |
| 2002 | 103 | #1,748 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,475 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,881 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,767 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,731 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,801 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,712 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,976 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,550 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,719 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,221 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Charlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Charlee
Charlie Charli Charley Charleigh Charly Charlii Charlea Charliee
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