girls:
756 births since 1953
#4960 (13th percentile)
boys:
85 births since 1984
#4501 (2nd percentile)
overall:
841 births since 1953
#6898 (11th percentile)
The name Karee is the #6,898 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 841 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 10.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,960 (13.2% percentile) for all time with 756 births since 1953. For boys, it ranks #4,501 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 85 births since 1984.
Karee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Karee is available in 65 out of the 70 years between 1953 and 2022 (64 years for girls and 14 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 Karee has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Karee were girls.
For girls, Karee reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #715) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 27 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
For boys, Karee reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #774) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karee".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Karee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.9% confident that Karee is pronounced as kuh-REE, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ree, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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