Karalee
Karalee is a rural residential suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Karalee had a population of 5,521 people.
Meaning & Origin of Karalee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karalee is a rural residential suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Karalee had a population of 5,521 people.
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Origin & history
The Story of Karalee
Karalee first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1941, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 35 births, good for #2,582 nationwide. About 20% of every Karalee on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Karalee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Karalee
Karalee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Karalee's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #2,582. Use the chart and map above to compare Karalee'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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