Carolee
Carolee is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 454th, in 1943.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1943266 births
- Best rank
- #454in 1943
- Since 1917
- 4,458people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,458 girls have been named Carolee in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1943, with 266 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 266 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1940s alone account for 30%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carolee | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | |
| 1920s | 162 | |
| 1930s | 936 | |
| 1940s | 1,338 | |
| 1950s | 652 | |
| 1960s | 532 | |
| 1970s | 578 | |
| 1980s | 134 | |
| 1990s | 59 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1943, its biggest year
Carolee was the 454th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1943 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1943.
Names that rose and fell with Carolee
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sondrapeak 1942
- Sallyannpeak 1937
- Joannpeak 1942
- Carollpeak 1946
- Carolepeak 1942
- Joeannpeak 1941
- Maryannpeak 1943
- Patpeak 1941
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.