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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

girls
#1,225
131 births · 1 in 14,073 girls
boys
#839
142 births · 1 in 14,091 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,225Carey131

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #839Carey142
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 14,073 of them was named Carey, which outranked 91.6% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carey
  1. #1,220Kaylynn132
  2. #1,220Lashawn132
  3. #1,220Tiesha132
  4. #1,225Carey131
  5. #1,225Dixie131
  6. #1,225Gail131
  7. #1,225Kalee131
  8. #1,231Laken130
  9. #1,231Latia130
  10. #1,231Tyra130

Tied with 5 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 14,091 of them was named Carey, which outranked 90.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carey
  1. #830Pierce144
  2. #837Federico143
  3. #837Stephanie143
  4. #839Carey142
  5. #839Antione142
  6. #839Cordero142
  7. #839Junior142
  8. #846Cornell141
  9. #846Niko141
  10. #848Antony140

Tied with 6 names at #839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →