girls:
17.7k births since 1914
#1113 (81st percentile)
boys:
426 births since 1981
#4160 (9th percentile)
overall:
18.1k births since 1914
#1913 (75th percentile)
The name Charlee is the #1,913 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18,127 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 75.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,113 (80.5% percentile) for all time with 17,701 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #4,160 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 426 births since 1981.
Charlee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Charlee is available in 84 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (84 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Charlee has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Charlee reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 72.8% percentile (ranked #255) with 642 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 642 births per million (ranked 72.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Charlee ranks #335 for girls (64.7% percentile) with 485 births per million, which is 75.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Charlee reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #898) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Charlee is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #880 (3.4% percentile) with 20 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charlee".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Charlee", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 12 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Charlie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Charlie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Charlee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.1% confident that Charlee is pronounced as CHAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHR-lee, at 15.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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