Carolee

Girl · recorded 1917–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1943best year

Most popular in 1943.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Carolee.

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

09619119171943196919952021

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 85 recorded years as a table
Carolee, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
191811
19199
19208
19216
19228
192311
192414
192517
192614
192717
192811
192930
193026
193135
193256
193379
1934132
193576
1936106
1937134
1938131
1939104
1940109
1941118
1942118
1943191
1944130
194591
194654
194758
194850
194947
195038
195140
195232
195338
195433
195535
195634
195733
195828
195930
196033
196135
196231
196327
196417
196525
196618
196719
196845
196941
197039
197167
197264
197338
197435
197534
197621
197731
197820
197921
198016
198110
198214
19838
19847
19856
19863
19876
19886
19893
19905
19915
19923
19936
19946
19953
19974
20047
20103
20144
20164
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carolee isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#15,251
How rare
1 in 328,172 girls
Since 1917
4,458

Carolee was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1943, at 191 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Carolee doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.