Charlee

What Charlee means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Charlee yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #282 in 2015 to #417 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Charlee?

US: Falling: down from #282 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,138 girls got the name (#275 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 2,143 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (3.63 per 1,000 girls), WV (2.56 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Charlee is #417 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.5% of US babies named Charlee were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Charli597 US · 4 E&W
• Charley356 US · 20 E&W
• Charly48 US
• Charlii6 US
• Charliee6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Charlee

Girls

• Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Penelope#22possibly “duck”^*
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Brielle#143Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 6 babies

For a brother

• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Charlee’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.