Karlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,173 for girls
Karlie is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Karlie mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Karlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Karlie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karlie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Karlie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Karlie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Karlie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,173rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Karlie, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,201st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 445 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Karlie than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Karlie in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 777 girls in the US were given Karlie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #425, up from #2,173 for this spelling alone.
Karlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,669 |
| 2022 | 137 | #1,556 |
| 2021 | 173 | #1,304 |
| 2020 | 191 | #1,201 |
| 2019 | 247 | #1,036 |
| 2018 | 243 | #1,053 |
| 2017 | 276 | #959 |
| 2016 | 328 | #858 |
| 2015 | 343 | #818 |
| 2014 | 308 | #884 |
| 2013 | 283 | #902 |
| 2012 | 271 | #942 |
| 2011 | 283 | #918 |
| 2010 | 339 | #805 |
| 2009 | 268 | #988 |
| 2008 | 358 | #805 |
| 2007 | 382 | #764 |
| 2006 | 359 | #765 |
| 2005 | 400 | #693 |
| 2004 | 445 | #617 |
| 2003 | 376 | #695 |
| 2002 | 356 | #702 |
| 2001 | 367 | #680 |
| 2000 | 361 | #670 |
| 1999 | 345 | #663 |
| 1998 | 400 | #599 |
| 1997 | 359 | #625 |
| 1996 | 368 | #620 |
| 1995 | 346 | #630 |
| 1994 | 377 | #596 |
| 1993 | 329 | #667 |
| 1992 | 297 | #718 |
| 1991 | 232 | #858 |
| 1990 | 162 | #1,086 |
| 1989 | 122 | #1,285 |
| 1988 | 124 | #1,209 |
| 1987 | 99 | #1,370 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Karlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie, Jasmine, Chloe, Amelie, Zoe, Sophie, Maisie, Hannah, Molly, Katie, Aubrey, Erin
Other spellings of Karlie
Names related to Karlie
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, “Karlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karlie, updated 20 October 2026.