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girls' name ★ peaked 2019

Charlee

Gender Girl · 2% boys Rank 2025 #417 Trend ↓ Falling 28%

Charlee is an English unisex given name and nickname that is a feminine form of Charlie and a diminutive form of Charles.

Rank 2025
#417
among girls · ↓19 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
769
named Charlee · -7% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,143
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2019
1,196 babies
All-time total
19,749
#1,093 all-time among girls
First recorded
1914
in Social Security records

Charlee popularity over time

19,749 babies have been named Charlee since 1914, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s 5 – 5 1 – #3,709
1920s 5 – 5 1 0% #4,830
1930s 22 – 22 2 +340% #3,767
1940s 86 – 86 9 +291% #2,650
1950s 107 – 107 11 +24% #2,079
1960s 55 – 55 6 -49% #3,640
1970s 178 – 178 18 +224% #2,484
1980s 447 11 458 46 +157% #1,552
1990s 749 29 778 78 +70% #1,719
2000s 2,177 57 2,234 223 +187% #730
2010s 9,824 195 10,019 1,002 +348% #279
2020s (to 2025) 5,613 189 5,802 967 -3% #272

Where Charlee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 710 0.44 #437
2027 678 0.42 #456
2028 651 0.41 #474
2029 630 0.39 #482
2030 612 0.38 #488

Where Charlee is most popular

Girls named Charlee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.552 per 1,000. Strongest in West Virginia, Montana, and Mississippi.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Charlee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
West Virginia 74 2.82 +412%
Montana 23 1.70 +208%
Mississippi 78 1.67 +202%
Alabama 151 1.61 +192%
Arkansas 81 1.53 +178%
Oklahoma 108 1.47 +166%
Kentucky 123 1.44 +161%
South Dakota 20 1.40 +154%
Louisiana 113 1.29 +134%
Idaho 41 1.23 +122%
Tennessee 192 1.21 +120%
Iowa 70 1.20 +117%
Missouri 122 1.01 +84%
Nebraska 36 1.00 +82%
North Dakota 13 0.989 +79%
Ohio 233 0.982 +78%
Utah 78 0.937 +70%
South Carolina 84 0.934 +69%
Indiana 129 0.919 +67%
Kansas 53 0.919 +67%
Oregon 58 0.891 +61%
Michigan 155 0.851 +54%
Pennsylvania 196 0.829 +50%
Wisconsin 82 0.796 +44%
Georgia 180 0.792 +44%
Maryland 76 0.717 +30%
North Carolina 163 0.716 +30%
Alaska 6 0.697 +26%
Washington 99 0.685 +24%
Colorado 74 0.663 +20%
Maine 10 0.646 +17%
Delaware 7 0.617 +12%
Minnesota 65 0.602 +9%
Arizona 78 0.556 ≈ national
Virginia 86 0.505 -9%
Texas 399 0.496 -10%
New Mexico 11 0.452 -18%
Nevada 20 0.431 -22%
Florida 178 0.416 -25%
Illinois 92 0.402 -27%
New York 138 0.348 -37%
Massachusetts 39 0.323 -42%
New Jersey 57 0.316 -43%
California 245 0.291 -47%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -51%
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Charlee

Charlee is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #417 in 2025 with 750 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1914, 19,749 American babies have been named Charlee. Its peak came in 2019, when 1,196 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Charlee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Charlee?

The median living Charlee is about 9 years old; half are between 5 and 14. An estimated 20 thousand people named Charlee are alive in the United States today.

median 9 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Charlee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 750 #417 19 #5,071
2024 796 #398 32 #3,534
2023 852 #358 37 #3,237
2022 924 #346 30 #3,704
2021 1,153 #272 37 #3,193
2020 1,138 #275 34 #3,281
2019 1,172 #280 24 #4,249
2018 1,150 #288 19 #4,959
2017 1,161 #279 22 #4,495
2016 1,101 #297 22 #4,500
2015 1,131 #282 18 #5,092
2014 1,056 #314 22 #4,415
2013 996 #325 16 #5,435
2012 823 #380 13 #6,376
2011 710 #439 19 #4,848
2010 524 #558 20 #4,700
2009 397 #730 7 #10,055
2008 349 #820 5 #12,846
2007 274 #980 10 #7,695
2006 288 #919 8 #8,863
2005 218 #1,093 6 #10,328
2004 191 #1,175 7 #9,100
2003 140 #1,416 – –
2002 103 #1,754 8 #7,763
2001 127 #1,478 – –
2000 90 #1,887 6 #9,277
1995 75 #1,865 – –
1990 85 #1,719 – –
1985 46 #2,229 – –
1980 34 #2,705 – –
1975 14 #4,390 – –
1970 8 #5,890 – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 5 #5,951 – –
1950 16 #2,560 – –
1945 9 #3,175 – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 6 #4,114 – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Charlee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Charlee?

The median living Charlee is about 9 years old. Half of all living Charlees are between 5 and 14 years old.

How many people named Charlee are alive today?

An estimated 20 thousand people named Charlee are alive in the United States, based on 19,749 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Charlee mean?

Charlee is an English unisex given name and nickname that is a feminine form of Charlie and a diminutive form of Charles.

How popular is the name Charlee in 2025?

Charlee ranked #417 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 750 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Charlee?

19,749 babies have been named Charlee in the United States since 1914, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Charlee most popular?

Charlee peaked in 2019, when 1,196 newborns received the name.

Is Charlee a boy or girl name?

Charlee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 98% of babies with the name.

Is the name Charlee rising or falling?

Charlee is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Charlee become more popular?

Charlee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 612 girls named Charlee in 2030, which would rank around #488. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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