Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Charlee was most popular in 2019, when 1,196 American babies were given the name — ranking #574 that year. In 2025 it ranked #837, with 769 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 19,749 people named Charlee.
Charlee first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 86 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 19,749 American births named Charlee between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 19,506 are estimated to be alive today.
769 American babies were named Charlee in 2025, ranking #837 that year.
Charlee is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 926 births a year, against 961 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -4% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Charlee is a girl’s name — 97.6% of the 19,749 Americans given it were girls and 2.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 19,506 Americans named Charlee are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 6 and 15. That is a narrow band because Charlee is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org