Carolee
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 266 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,458since 1917
Carolee over time
Rank among girls' names. Carolee has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | — | |
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| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 |
| 1972 | #1,127 | 98 |
| 1971 | #1,074 | 112 |
| 1970 | #1,464 | 69 |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 |
| 1968 | #1,279 | 74 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 |
| 1957 | #1,289 | 67 |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 |
| 1955 | #1,220 | 68 |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 |
| 1953 | #1,146 | 71 |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,098 | 72 |
| 1950 | #1,145 | 65 |
| 1949 | #1,000 | 81 |
| 1948 | #939 | 85 |
| 1947 | #861 | 103 |
| 1946 | #908 | 85 |
| 1945 | #680 | 119 |
| 1944 | #551 | 173 |
| 1943 | #454 | 266 |
| 1942 | #585 | 159 |
| 1941 | #589 | 142 |
| 1940 | #629 | 125 |
| 1939 | #640 | 114 |
| 1938 | #568 | 145 |
| 1937 | #568 | 143 |
| 1936 | #631 | 110 |
| 1935 | #758 | 80 |
| 1934 | #550 | 138 |
| 1933 | #736 | 80 |
| 1932 | #905 | 60 |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Carolee! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Carolee is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#449 · 1 in 3,959
- Pennsylvania#626 · 1 in 7,211
- New Jersey#781 · 1 in 8,147
- New York#1,044 · 1 in 12,316
- Texas#1,424 · 1 in 19,274
Best ever in a state: #156 in Montana, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #449 | 6 | 1 in 3,959 |
| Pennsylvania | #626 | 10 | 1 in 7,211 |
| New Jersey | #781 | 5 | 1 in 8,147 |
| New York | #1,044 | 9 | 1 in 12,316 |
| Texas | #1,424 | 5 | 1 in 19,274 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Carolee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1932 (#1,175 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1946 (#680 → #908)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1943 at #454 (266 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1932–1949
- Highest: 1 in 5,245 girls born in 1943 were named Carolee (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 30.0% of all girls named Carolee (1,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #2,519 (1918) | #3,202 |
| 1920s | 162 | #1,282 (1929) | #2,473 |
| 1930s | 936 | #550 (1934) | #797 |
| 1940s | 1,338 | #454 (1943) | #720 |
| 1950s | 652 | #1,098 (1951) | #1,241 |
| 1960s | 532 | #1,279 (1968) | #1,628 |
| 1970s | 578 | #1,074 (1971) | #1,877 |
| 1980s | 134 | #3,134 (1980) | #6,495 |
| 1990s | 59 | #7,604 (1994) | #9,500 |
| 2000s | 13 | #8,259 (2004) | #8,259 |
| 2010s | 20 | #12,876 (2016) | #13,635 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carolee in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 15,523 of them was named Carolee, which outranked 88.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,116Latarsha99
- #1,116Linette99
- #1,116Nita99
- #1,127Carolee98
- #1,127Bianca98
- #1,127Luisa98
- #1,127Lupe98
- #1,133Anglea97
- #1,133Dale97
- #1,133Dinah97
Tied with 5 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.