How Many People Are Named Karlea?
An estimated 243 people in the United States have the first name Karlea. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Karlea peaked in popularity in 1994 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karlea as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Karlea paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
243
About 1 in 1,410,512 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1994
15 births
Total Registered
248
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karlea
Karlea is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 248 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karlea as a female name
Ranked #15,246 in 2016
6 female births in 2016
Peak: 1994 (15 births)
Karlea: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karlea span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 108 babies were registered. While Karlea is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Karlea by Decade
How has Karlea tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Karlea + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karlea as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karlea
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karlea: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karlea?
We estimate approximately 243 people named Karlea are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,410,512 Americans share this first name.
Is Karlea a common name?
Karlea is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 248 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karlea most popular?
Karlea reached peak popularity in 1994, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karlea is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karlea a female name?
Karlea is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karlea Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karlea Smith, Karlea Johnson, Karlea Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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