Carey
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 57.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 461 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,880since 1880
Carey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #3,605 | 29 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #2,155 | 49 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #2,086 | 50 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 | #2,068 | 45 |
| 1997 | #2,423 | 54 | #1,550 | 66 |
| 1996 | #2,151 | 63 | #1,421 | 73 |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | #1,380 | 73 |
| 1994 | #1,583 | 96 | #1,296 | 81 |
| 1993 | #1,694 | 88 | #1,108 | 102 |
| 1992 | #1,548 | 100 | #967 | 124 |
| 1991 | #1,358 | 120 | #920 | 131 |
| 1990 | #1,578 | 96 | #859 | 141 |
| 1989 | #1,225 | 131 | #839 | 142 |
| 1988 | #1,230 | 121 | #731 | 167 |
| 1987 | #1,009 | 154 | #777 | 140 |
| 1986 | #1,005 | 153 | #720 | 158 |
| 1985 | #905 | 175 | #683 | 169 |
| 1984 | #796 | 201 | #699 | 156 |
| 1983 | #738 | 221 | #659 | 168 |
| 1982 | #686 | 255 | #668 | 171 |
| 1981 | #646 | 273 | #672 | 165 |
| 1980 | #545 | 342 | #665 | 168 |
| 1979 | #497 | 407 | #609 | 198 |
| 1978 | #391 | 534 | #559 | 224 |
| 1977 | #362 | 601 | #522 | 253 |
| 1976 | #322 | 693 | #501 | 256 |
| 1975 | #304 | 756 | #464 | 302 |
| 1974 | #335 | 659 | #464 | 298 |
| 1973 | #374 | 560 | #467 | 279 |
| 1972 | #410 | 481 | #467 | 282 |
| 1971 | #419 | 505 | #436 | 350 |
| 1970 | #489 | 409 | #453 | 324 |
| 1969 | #504 | 373 | #424 | 344 |
| 1968 | #531 | 323 | #418 | 336 |
| 1967 | #594 | 256 | #423 | 324 |
| 1966 | #765 | 164 | #433 | 308 |
| 1965 | #811 | 150 | #462 | 283 |
| 1964 | #844 | 152 | #441 | 332 |
| 1963 | #819 | 161 | #435 | 336 |
| 1962 | #767 | 183 | #440 | 325 |
| 1961 | #831 | 160 | #440 | 331 |
| 1960 | #897 | 137 | #410 | 370 |
| 1959 | #888 | 137 | #378 | 437 |
| 1958 | #824 | 151 | #392 | 399 |
| 1957 | #860 | 140 | #353 | 461 |
| 1956 | #786 | 158 | #394 | 366 |
| 1955 | #829 | 136 | #378 | 363 |
| 1954 | #806 | 136 | #360 | 403 |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 | #393 | 320 |
| 1952 | #1,046 | 81 | #370 | 338 |
| 1951 | #1,143 | 67 | #398 | 290 |
| 1950 | #1,114 | 68 | #409 | 272 |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | #470 | 196 |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | #439 | 232 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | #444 | 226 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | #487 | 173 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #520 | 132 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 | #514 | 138 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 | #550 | 130 |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | #531 | 132 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #579 | 104 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #602 | 96 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | #642 | 85 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | #579 | 102 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #631 | 86 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #644 | 81 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #663 | 80 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #615 | 93 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #782 | 61 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #708 | 76 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #825 | 58 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #802 | 65 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #683 | 81 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #854 | 60 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #786 | 70 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #716 | 79 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #822 | 65 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #838 | 66 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #815 | 68 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #709 | 85 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #834 | 68 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #853 | 63 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #720 | 77 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #668 | 80 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #763 | 64 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #785 | 59 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #609 | 68 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #745 | 39 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #713 | 36 |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #569 | 25 |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #525 | 19 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #446 | 26 | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #491 | 17 |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #445 | 19 |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #482 | 15 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #402 | 19 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | #505 | 13 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Carey was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Carey
- 1,205 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #6,446)
- 174 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,446)
- 2,151 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 539 spots in 1887 (#959 → #420)
- Biggest drop: 438 spots in 1886 (#521 → #959)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1957 at #353 (461 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
- Highest: 1 in 4,679 boys born in 1957 were named Carey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all boys named Carey (3,649) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 144 | #360 (1884) | #528 |
| 1890s | 151 | #418 (1898) | #523 |
| 1900s | 157 | #446 (1900) | #621 |
| 1910s | 520 | #569 (1910) | #734 |
| 1920s | 705 | #683 (1929) | #791 |
| 1930s | 787 | #579 (1938) | #689 |
| 1940s | 1,559 | #439 (1948) | #514 |
| 1950s | 3,649 | #353 (1957) | #383 |
| 1960s | 3,289 | #410 (1960) | #433 |
| 1970s | 2,766 | #436 (1971) | #494 |
| 1980s | 1,604 | #659 (1983) | #711 |
| 1990s | 887 | #859 (1990) | #1,347 |
| 2000s | 351 | #2,086 (2001) | #3,043 |
| 2010s | 238 | #3,605 (2011) | #4,228 |
| 2020s | 73 | #5,241 (2024) | #7,030 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carey in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 6,110 of them was named Carey, which outranked 94.7% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #643Karissa276
- #644Lyndsay275
- #645Cristin274
- #646Carey273
- #646Daphne273
- #646Jessi273
- #646Kami273
- #651James272
- #652Doris271
- #652Griselda271
Tied with 4 names at #646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,856 of them was named Carey, which outranked 90.8% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).