Holding steady.
Popularity of Paralee since 1880
Babies named Paralee per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1920, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Paralee's real moment was 1881.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 106 |
| 1890s | 105 |
| 1900s | 133 |
| 1910s | 246 |
| 1920s | 256 |
| 1930s | 149 |
| 1940s | 118 |
| 1950s | 79 |
| 1960s | 18 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Paralee is a rare 19th-century American name that never achieved widespread popularity. First recorded in 1880, it reached its peak usage in 1881, when it ranked 1,088th with 63 births. Since then, the name has been used only sporadically. Its trajectory has been stable, meaning it has not seen a modern revival. Paralee is an example of the creative naming trends of the late 1800s, where parents combined familiar syllables to form distinctive names.
Paralee is a 19th century American invention. It likely arose as a feminization of the name Parley or as a blend of the prefix Para- (possibly from Greek para, meaning 'beside' or 'beyond') with the popular suffix -lee (from Old English leah, meaning 'clearing' or 'meadow'). The name is recorded in the United States from 1880, with its peak usage in 1881, and has been used only sporadically since.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Parry, Lee, Lea
Sibling names for Paralee
Names that share Paralee's style, for a brother or sister.
