Karlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,896 for girls
Karlee is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,896th for girls in the US (103 babies).
What does Karlee mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Karlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Karlee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karlee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
Karlee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Karlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,896among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 103 girls in the US were named Karlee, making it the 1,896th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,031st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 511 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Karlee than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Karlee in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 777 girls in the US were given Karlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #425, up from #1,896 for this spelling alone.
Karlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,896 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,698 |
| 2023 | 156 | #1,430 |
| 2022 | 206 | #1,172 |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 243 | #1,031 |
| 2019 | 268 | #971 |
| 2018 | 288 | #928 |
| 2017 | 332 | #822 |
| 2016 | 373 | #765 |
| 2015 | 409 | #693 |
| 2014 | 414 | #684 |
| 2013 | 461 | #608 |
| 2012 | 406 | #692 |
| 2011 | 451 | #630 |
| 2010 | 445 | #658 |
| 2009 | 430 | #678 |
| 2008 | 511 | #602 |
| 2007 | 460 | #645 |
| 2006 | 446 | #649 |
| 2005 | 444 | #629 |
| 2004 | 482 | #583 |
| 2003 | 413 | #643 |
| 2002 | 383 | #664 |
| 2001 | 405 | #621 |
| 2000 | 417 | #608 |
| 1999 | 398 | #608 |
| 1998 | 408 | #592 |
| 1997 | 391 | #588 |
| 1996 | 370 | #616 |
| 1995 | 362 | #613 |
| 1994 | 361 | #615 |
| 1993 | 340 | #654 |
| 1992 | 374 | #607 |
| 1991 | 281 | #738 |
| 1990 | 142 | #1,194 |
| 1989 | 137 | #1,184 |
| 1988 | 126 | #1,195 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,661 |
| 1986 | 89 | #1,439 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,751 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Names like Karlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Keira Kiara Chloe Maeve Jasmine Aubrey Zoe Caoimhe Brooklyn Riley Aoife
Other spellings of Karlee
Names related to Karlee
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Karlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karlee, updated 20 October 2026.