Charlee

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Charlee: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Charlee: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #278 in 2005, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
69times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#278highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#823
1997	#689
1998	#758
1999	#641
2000	#701
2001	#918
2002	#822
2003	#965
2004	#963
2005	#680
2006	#976
2007	#764
2008	#957
2009	#1139
2010	#1218
2011	#1489
2012	#1428
2013	#1220
2014	#1456
2015	#2328
2016	#1834
2017	#2090
2018	#2674
2019	#2286
2020	#3447
2021	#2942
2022	#3533
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2023.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2942 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #823 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2016
Highest recorded position: #278 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 1999–2016).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Charlee appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 210 births with the name.

Charlee across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Charlee's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1191 (2012)	#4991 (2023)	28 of 28	210 (1996–2023)	22 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#823 (1996)	#641 (1999)	#5687 (2023)	28 of 28	645 (1996–2023)	45 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#278 (2005)	#440 (2016)	4 of 18	14 (1999–2016)	5 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#910 (2010)	#584 (2014)	#898 (2024)	9 of 15	37 (2010–2024)	6 (2011)

Charlee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Charlee in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	77	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	95	10 of 10	10
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Charlee appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #278 in Northern Ireland in 2005.

Charlee's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1220	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1139	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#957	33	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#764	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#976	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#680	45	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#963	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#965	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#822	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#918	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#641	38	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#689	35	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#823	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #278, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Charleen · #420, 13y
Charleigh · #579, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adrianna · #278, 30y
Chanelle · #277, 27y
Clyde · #279, 33y
Gregor · #277, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adrianna · #278, 30y
Kendall · #278, 30y
Kezia · #278, 29y
Reon · #278, 28y

Charlee was ranked #278 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Charlee and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Charlee without appearing here.

Charlee moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #4685.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #2754.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2070 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #2754.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Charlee

Janet Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.

Moved the opposite way to Charlee

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Charlee went from #823 to #5687 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Charlee went from #1765 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Charlee went from #1765 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Charlee went from #1765 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.

Moved the same way as Charlee

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Charlee went from #1765 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Charlee went from #823 to #5687 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Charlee went from #1765 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Charlee went from #823 to #5687 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #278 in Northern Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Charlee

Charlee at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Charlee across 4 official records

Charlee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Charlee appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Charlee moved ahead of

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Charlee at a glance

Charlee across 4 official records

Charlee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Charlee appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Charlee

Charlee and the names beside it

Charlee moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Charlee

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