Charlee
Charlee is an English unisex given name and nickname that is a feminine form of Charlie and a diminutive form of Charles. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Charlee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Charlee is an English unisex given name and nickname that is a feminine form of Charlie and a diminutive form of Charles. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Charlee
Charlee first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 1,171 Charlees were born — ranking #280 that year. As of 2026, Charlee ranks #440 for baby girls with 698 births, falling sharply (-30%). In total, more than 20K Charlees have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Charlee
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Names that sound like Charlee
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About the name Charlee
Charlee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 20K births in the dataset. Charlee's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #272. Use the chart and map above to compare Charlee'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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