Carlie

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 92.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 549 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,019
since 1883

Carlie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #469, 1998peak #722, 1889girlsboys
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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#2,64565
2024#2,50871
2023#2,51770
2022#2,40476
2021#1,926102
2020#1,485144
2019#1,366165
2018#1,219192
2017#1,130220
2016#1,048250
2015#1,045254
2014#965277
2013#872296
2012#896294
2011#842313
2010#781353
2009#711405
2008#671455
2007#618482
2006#594490
2005#541534
2004#502586#8,9277
2003#558495
2002#563471
2001#519515
2000#500540#9,1126
1999#512501
1998#469549#9,6315
1997#503491
1996#492486#9,0155
1995#531453
1994#558431
1993#574415#8,7005
1992#607374
1991#640348#7,2716
1990#924206#7,1786
1989#955185
1988#945178#6,4266
1987#1,081141#6,9515
1986#1,047144
1985#957162#5,1477
1984#923161
1983#1,071129
1982#1,193114#5,6196
1981#1,261102
1980#1,60572#4,9407
1979#1,77061#4,8427
1978#1,72960#4,1578
1977#1,87753#3,8369
1976#1,99644#3,26411
1975#1,98644#4,7976
1974#1,64656#4,6346
1973#2,12737
1972#3,17720#3,6228
1971#4,81011#2,81312
1970#4,24613#2,62113
1969#6,6176#2,68211
1968#5,1478#3,6736
1967#5,4577
1966#6,5645#2,9868
1965#5,8176
1964#5,0088#2,66510
1963#4,27210#2,67310
1962#3,78212#2,50411
1961#4,23910#2,40912
1960#6,3905#3,3377
1959#3,82711#3,0378
1958#3,92510#2,09315
1957#4,9187#2,09315
1956#3,91010#2,01516
1955#3,37712#1,97916
1954#2,88915#1,95616
1953#2,92114#1,76519
1952#3,04013#1,85617
1951#2,69415#1,72519
1950#2,20712
1949#3,8928#2,02214
1948#2,97412#1,75818
1947#2,35418#1,36329
1946#2,59714#1,55721
1945#1,87420#1,77215
1944#2,19916#1,48321
1943#2,25116#1,76417
1942#1,91720#1,35826
1941#2,53212#1,63318
1940#4,3495#1,43322
1939#2,03816#1,79515
1938#1,87318#1,39723
1937#2,57011#1,44422
1936#2,26313#1,46321
1935#2,20614#1,35425
1934#2,74110#1,42523
1933#2,05215#1,64418
1932#2,36513#1,42624
1931#2,75010#1,42724
1930#1,93418#1,33029
1929#2,92110#1,67220
1928#2,38114#1,41327
1927#2,55213#1,79619
1926#2,07618#1,33130
1925#2,37815#1,22534
1924#2,13718#1,53225
1923#2,73212#1,75320
1922#3,15210#1,50325
1921#2,28216#1,76620
1920#3,09710#1,25233
1919#2,15616#1,26431
1918#1,45129#1,64821
1917#2,55212#1,52822
1916#1,94917#1,94915
1915#2,9009#1,45422
1914#1,74015#1,54516
1913#2,1649#1,31116
1912#2,1448#1,61910
1911#1,17115
1910#1,9357#1,3147
1909#84012
1908#2,1015#9469
1907#1,3849#1,2006
1906#1,1116
1905#1,2989#1,0916
1904#1,8775
1903#1,4407
1902
1901#1,6795
1900#1,23110#1,3105
1899#1,3946
1898#1,00912
1897
1896
1895#1,05310#9786
1894#1,1368
1893#1,1757#9076
1892#1,4505
1891#1,2136#9635
1890#1,3385#8846
1889#1,2795#7228
1888#1,0367
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#8176
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Carlie! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carlie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 137 spots since 2024 (#2,508#2,645)
  • 1,160 spots since 2020 (#1,485#2,645)
  • 1,600 spots since 2015 (#1,045#2,645)
  • Biggest jump: 284 spots in 1991 (#924#640)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2014 (#872#965)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1998 at #469 (549 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1988–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,134
  • Highest: 1 in 3,134 girls born in 2004 were named Carlie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #469 in 1998, was only 1 in 3,218 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Carlie (4,973) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
  • Mostly boys until 1971, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#817 (1883)#1,044
1890s59#1,009 (1898)#1,221
1900s50#1,231 (1900)#1,573
1910s137#1,171 (1911)#2,016
1920s136#2,076 (1926)#2,571
1930s138#1,873 (1938)#2,279
1940s141#1,874 (1945)#2,694
1950s107#2,694 (1951)#3,500
1960s77#3,782 (1962)#5,329
1970s399#1,646 (1974)#2,536
1980s1,388#923 (1984)#1,104
1990s4,254#469 (1998)#581
2000s4,973#500 (2000)#578
2010s2,614#781 (2010)#1,016
2020s528#1,485 (2020)#2,248

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carlie in 1926

girls
#2,076
18 births · 1 in 65,856 girls
boys
#1,331
30 births · 1 in 37,017 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #2,076Carlie18

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #1,331Carlie30
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 65,856 of them was named Carlie, which outranked 63.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlie
  1. #1,997Woodie19
  2. #1,997Wyona19
  3. #1,997Zina19
  4. #2,076Carlie18
  5. #2,076Argie18
  6. #2,076Arnold18
  7. #2,076Avalon18
  8. #2,165Altagracia17
  9. #2,165Audrea17
  10. #2,165Ayako17

Tied with 88 names at #2,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 37,017 of them was named Carlie, which outranked 72.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlie
  1. #1,296Teodoro31
  2. #1,296Terence31
  3. #1,296Wayman31
  4. #1,331Carlie30
  5. #1,331Avon30
  6. #1,331Cal30
  7. #1,331Delmas30
  8. #1,353Alger29
  9. #1,353Attilio29
  10. #1,353Burnice29

Tied with 21 names at #1,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926