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

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Peak · boys
#353
1957 · 461 births
Debut · boys
1880
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,880
since 1880

Carey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #304, 1975peak #353, 1957girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#6,44613
2024#15,2935#5,24118
2023—#6,89712
2022#12,2437#7,26211
2021#10,2929#9,7147
2020#10,2509#6,62012
2019#12,4487#5,15318
2018#9,80610#4,35423
2017#9,34111#4,46622
2016#14,3316#4,19924
2015#11,8358#4,29523
2014#7,63615#4,53821
2013#11,9698#4,06424
2012#9,71111#3,71428
2011#13,3477#3,60529
2010#6,90418#3,89426
2009#6,81119#3,72128
2008#12,5798#3,82327
2007#5,70924#2,97439
2006#7,86815#3,30632
2005#4,95826#3,52827
2004#5,55522#3,01433
2003#4,41829#3,44326
2002#4,38128#2,15549
2001#3,63136#2,08650
2000#3,40439#2,37940
1999#2,56755#1,90351
1998#2,65151#2,06845
1997#2,42354#1,55066
1996#2,15163#1,42173
1995#1,90073#1,38073
1994#1,58396#1,29681
1993#1,69488#1,108102
1992#1,548100#967124
1991#1,358120#920131
1990#1,57896#859141
1989#1,225131#839142
1988#1,230121#731167
1987#1,009154#777140
1986#1,005153#720158
1985#905175#683169
1984#796201#699156
1983#738221#659168
1982#686255#668171
1981#646273#672165
1980#545342#665168
1979#497407#609198
1978#391534#559224
1977#362601#522253
1976#322693#501256
1975#304756#464302
1974#335659#464298
1973#374560#467279
1972#410481#467282
1971#419505#436350
1970#489409#453324
1969#504373#424344
1968#531323#418336
1967#594256#423324
1966#765164#433308
1965#811150#462283
1964#844152#441332
1963#819161#435336
1962#767183#440325
1961#831160#440331
1960#897137#410370
1959#888137#378437
1958#824151#392399
1957#860140#353461
1956#786158#394366
1955#829136#378363
1954#806136#360403
1953#906107#393320
1952#1,04681#370338
1951#1,14367#398290
1950#1,11468#409272
1949#1,37645#470196
1948#1,26752#439232
1947#1,79029#444226
1946#1,58331#487173
1945#2,14916#520132
1944#1,48630#514138
1943#1,59128#550130
1942#1,49730#531132
1941#1,69622#579104
1940#2,29713#60296
1939#2,20614#64285
1938#1,94517#579102
1937#2,31713#63186
1936#1,74119#64481
1935#1,77919#66380
1934#2,18714#61593
1933#2,16114#78261
1932#2,49012#70876
1931#2,10515#82558
1930#3,6587#80265
1929#3,3948#68381
1928#4,1956#85460
1927#2,55213#78670
1926#2,56913#71679
1925#2,48914#82265
1924#2,30816#83866
1923#2,36615#81568
1922#4,0117#70985
1921#2,94111#83468
1920#2,26316#85363
1919#1,98918#72077
1918#4,8095#86958
1917#2,55212#66880
1916#2,24614#76364
1915#2,38412#78559
1914#1,89613#60968
1913#2,03410#74539
1912#2,3607#71336
1911—#89614
1910#2,1406#56925
1909—#80413
1908—#63217
1907—#81511
1906#1,7276#61315
1905#1,5387#52519
1904—#53817
1903—#55016
1902#1,7935#65112
1901—#63711
1900—#44626
1899#1,3946#54813
1898—#41822
1897—#42220
1896—#53415
1895#1,5925#49117
1894—#59412
1893—#61511
1892#1,2786#44519
1891—#56411
1890—#60311
1889—#48215
1888—#55413
1887—#42016
1886—#9595
1885—#52113
1884—#36024
1883—#40219
1882—#42618
1881—#6538
1880#7386#50513
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
77 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1957 at #353 (461 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 113 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,679
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 21.6% of all boys named Carey (3,649) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
  • Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s144#360 (1884)#528
1890s151#418 (1898)#523
1900s157#446 (1900)#621
1910s520#569 (1910)#734
1920s705#683 (1929)#791
1930s787#579 (1938)#689
1940s1,559#439 (1948)#514
1950s3,649#353 (1957)#383
1960s3,289#410 (1960)#433
1970s2,766#436 (1971)#494
1980s1,604#659 (1983)#711
1990s887#859 (1990)#1,347
2000s351#2,086 (2001)#3,043
2010s238#3,605 (2011)#4,228
2020s73#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 1987

girls
#1,009
154 births · 1 in 11,290 girls
boys
#777
140 births · 1 in 13,336 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,009Carey154

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #777Carey140
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 11,290 of them was named Carey, which outranked 92.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carey
  1. #1,005Chelsi155
  2. #1,005Latoria155
  3. #1,005Misti155
  4. #1,009Carey154
  5. #1,009Christiana154
  6. #1,009Latara154
  7. #1,009Mai154
  8. #1,015Marci153
  9. #1,016Gena152
  10. #1,016Keely152

Tied with 5 names at #1,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 13,336 of them was named Carey, which outranked 90.5% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carey
  1. #772Marquise142
  2. #772Tucker142
  3. #772Virgil142
  4. #777Carey140
  5. #777Brain140
  6. #777Cedrick140
  7. #777Jered140
  8. #782Baby139
  9. #782Domingo139
  10. #782Louie139

Tied with 4 names at #777; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →