Charlee Girl
How popular is Charlee?
#417 girl name in 2025
750 baby girls were named Charlee in the US in 2025, making it the 417th most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
Charlee popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #417 for girls (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 750 girls, 19 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #282 in 2015, #275 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,172 girls) |
| Highest rank | #272 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Charlee counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Charlie family of names ranked #67 for girls in 2025 (#64 the year before), with 4,248 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie | 2,160 | 51% |
| Charlee | 750 | 18% |
| Charli | 597 | 14% |
| Charleigh | 337 | 8% |
| Charley | 356 | 8% |
| Charly | 48 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Charlee is most popular
Babies named Charlee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.8 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Montana: 1.7 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.7 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- Alabama: 1.6 per 1,000 (151 girls)
- Arkansas: 1.5 per 1,000 (81 girls)
Charlee by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,699 |
| 1940s | 86 | #2,636 |
| 1950s | 107 | #2,073 |
| 1960s | 55 | #3,618 |
| 1970s | 178 | #2,477 |
| 1980s | 447 | #1,550 |
| 1990s | 749 | #1,712 |
| 2000s | 2,177 | #730 |
| 2010s | 9,824 | #279 |
| 2020s | 5,613 | #272 |
Girl names about as popular as Charlee
Questions
- Is Charlee a boy or girl name?
- Charlee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Charlee were girls.
- How popular is the name Charlee?
- 750 baby girls were named Charlee in the US in 2025, making it the 417th most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
- When was Charlee most popular?
- Charlee peaked in 2019, when 1,172 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #272 in 2021.
- How many people are named Charlee?
- 19,749 babies have been named Charlee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,538 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Charlee most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Charlee was most common in West Virginia, at 2.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.