How Many People Are Named Karlee?
An estimated 13,271 people in the United States have the first name Karlee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Karlee peaked in popularity in 2008 with 511 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karlee 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 Karlee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
13,271
About 1 in 25,827 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2008
511 births
Total Registered
13,541
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karlee
Karlee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 13,541 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karlee as a female name
Ranked #1,696 in 2024
120 female births in 2024
Peak: 2008 (511 births)
Karlee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karlee span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 4,391 babies were registered. Karlee has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karlee by Decade
How has Karlee 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.
Karlee by State
Birth registrations for Karlee span all 44 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Ohio. The lowest are in Hawaii, New Mexico, Connecticut. On average, about 262 Karlees were registered per state.
Karlee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karlee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karlee
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karlee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karlee?
We estimate approximately 13,271 people named Karlee 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 25,827 Americans share this first name.
Is Karlee a common name?
Karlee is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 13,541 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karlee most popular?
Karlee reached peak popularity in 2008, when 511 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karlee is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karlee a female name?
Karlee is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karlee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karlee Smith, Karlee Johnson, Karlee 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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