Given name
Caralee
“beloved”·“one who is dearly loved”·“a good friend”
Caralee is a variant of Cara. Interpretations include “beloved”, “one who is dearly loved”, and “a good friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caralee is a variant of Cara. Interpretations include “beloved”, “one who is dearly loved”, and “a good friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caralee is a variant of Cara. An origin associated with Cara is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caralee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 865
- 0 boys · 865 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,369 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,369 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 759 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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