Given name
Karalee
“one who is pure”·“dearly loved”·“a good friend”
Karalee is a variant of Kara. Interpretations include “one who is pure”, “dearly loved”, and “a good friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karalee is a variant of Kara. Interpretations include “one who is pure”, “dearly loved”, and “a good friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karalee is a variant of Kara. Kara has been associated with Greek and Italian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karalee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,219
- 0 boys · 1,219 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −79%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,078 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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