Carolee
Carolee is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Carolee Carmello, American actress Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), American visual artist
Meaning & Origin of Carolee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carolee is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Carolee Carmello, American actress Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), American visual artist
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The Story of Carolee
The earliest SSA record of Carolee as a baby girl name dates back to 1917, when 6 babies received it. 1943 was its biggest year on record, with 266 newborns named Carolee — #454 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Carolee on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Carolee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Carolee
Carolee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Carolee's peak popularity came in 1943 when it ranked #454. Use the chart and map above to compare Carolee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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