Carlee

Meaning: Free man
Origin: Variant of Carly (from Germanic (Old Norse))

Girl's name · #1911 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Carlee reached its best rank, #600, in 1997 and ranked #1911 in 2025. Roughly 13,000 girls have been named Carlee since 1902.

Across the states

See where Carlee is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Carlees

Carlee Taylor — Cyclist
Carlee Beattie — Australian female athletics Paralympian
Carlee Hoffman — American wheelchair basketball player
Carlee Fernández — Latina-American artist
Carlee Giammona — American professional soccer player (born 2000)

What Carlees become

Among 15 notable people named Carlee:

Sports figures appear 4.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carlee Taylor, Australian sport cyclist (born 1989).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Carly (#1009), Karlee (#1898), and Karlie (#2179), Carlee would rank around #560 with about 540 births last year — the newborns split about 46/19/19/16 across Carly, Karlee, Carlee, and Karlie.

Similar names: Karlee · Ally · Charlize · Harlie · Sidney · Marli

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