Carly
#1,008 for girls in 2025, 248 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #10,921
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 2,585 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 66,466since 1951
Carly over time
Rank among girls' names. Carly has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #1,008 | 248 | — | |
| 2024 | #875 | 308 | — | |
| 2023 | #780 | 361 | — | |
| 2022 | #778 | 366 | — | |
| 2021 | #664 | 447 | — | |
| 2020 | #621 | 471 | — | |
| 2019 | #567 | 536 | — | |
| 2018 | #478 | 655 | — | |
| 2017 | #455 | 695 | — | |
| 2016 | #413 | 807 | — | |
| 2015 | #389 | 846 | — | |
| 2014 | #357 | 916 | — | |
| 2013 | #321 | 1,019 | — | |
| 2012 | #285 | 1,110 | — | |
| 2011 | #248 | 1,277 | — | |
| 2010 | #218 | 1,439 | — | |
| 2009 | #215 | 1,508 | — | |
| 2008 | #197 | 1,685 | — | |
| 2007 | #261 | 1,323 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #252 | 1,351 | — | |
| 2005 | #199 | 1,749 | — | |
| 2004 | #177 | 1,926 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #183 | 1,762 | — | |
| 2002 | #206 | 1,590 | — | |
| 2001 | #176 | 1,833 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #169 | 1,961 | — | |
| 1999 | #172 | 1,827 | — | |
| 1998 | #141 | 2,264 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #137 | 2,335 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #126 | 2,510 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #122 | 2,585 | — | |
| 1994 | #138 | 2,323 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #137 | 2,365 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #134 | 2,467 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #137 | 2,338 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #163 | 1,777 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #179 | 1,553 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #175 | 1,600 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #196 | 1,412 | — | |
| 1986 | #223 | 1,189 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #202 | 1,311 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #203 | 1,322 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #219 | 1,160 | — | |
| 1982 | #212 | 1,249 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #270 | 927 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #322 | 752 | — | |
| 1979 | #345 | 676 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #383 | 550 | — | |
| 1977 | #478 | 401 | — | |
| 1976 | #517 | 345 | — | |
| 1975 | #543 | 318 | — | |
| 1974 | #480 | 370 | — | |
| 1973 | #630 | 240 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,353 | 74 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Carly! It came in at #4,833, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carly is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Montana#91 · 1 in 359
- North Dakota#118 · 1 in 536
- Utah#119 · 1 in 538
- Nebraska#120 · 1 in 570
- Wisconsin#124 · 1 in 651
Best ever in a state: #46 in Delaware, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #91 | 10 | 1 in 359 |
| North Dakota | #118 | 7 | 1 in 536 |
| Utah | #119 | 25 | 1 in 538 |
| Nebraska | #120 | 16 | 1 in 570 |
| Wisconsin | #124 | 45 | 1 in 651 |
| Washington | #126 | 45 | 1 in 655 |
| New Jersey | #127 | 68 | 1 in 706 |
| Delaware | #129 | 6 | 1 in 615 |
| New Hampshire | #129 | 10 | 1 in 689 |
| Pennsylvania | #131 | 96 | 1 in 748 |
| Maryland | #132 | 38 | 1 in 729 |
| Iowa | #136 | 23 | 1 in 690 |
| Ohio | #138 | 88 | 1 in 794 |
| Alaska | #139 | 7 | 1 in 505 |
| Michigan | #140 | 78 | 1 in 775 |
| Oregon | #142 | 23 | 1 in 699 |
| Illinois | #148 | 95 | 1 in 814 |
| Minnesota | #151 | 34 | 1 in 832 |
| Connecticut | #152 | 23 | 1 in 831 |
| South Dakota | #169 | 5 | 1 in 734 |
| New York | #170 | 121 | 1 in 982 |
| Maine | #172 | 7 | 1 in 899 |
| Massachusetts | #172 | 40 | 1 in 962 |
| Indiana | #173 | 34 | 1 in 1,010 |
| Florida | #174 | 74 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Idaho | #183 | 6 | 1 in 856 |
| Oklahoma | #199 | 16 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 6 | 1 in 842 |
| North Carolina | #215 | 31 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Arizona | #219 | 22 | 1 in 1,156 |
| Louisiana | #220 | 21 | 1 in 1,226 |
| Tennessee | #221 | 22 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Colorado | #226 | 17 | 1 in 1,211 |
| California | #237 | 187 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Georgia | #251 | 26 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Virginia | #267 | 21 | 1 in 1,767 |
| Alabama | #288 | 13 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Missouri | #298 | 16 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Texas | #310 | 72 | 1 in 1,853 |
| New Mexico | #317 | 6 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Kentucky | #323 | 9 | 1 in 2,365 |
| Kansas | #331 | 7 | 1 in 2,018 |
| Mississippi | #344 | 7 | 1 in 1,956 |
| South Carolina | #358 | 8 | 1 in 2,475 |
| Arkansas | #382 | 5 | 1 in 2,499 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Carly
- 133 spots since 2024 (#875 → #1,008)
- 387 spots since 2020 (#621 → #1,008)
- 619 spots since 2015 (#389 → #1,008)
- Biggest jump: 723 spots in 1973 (#1,353 → #630)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2025 (#875 → #1,008)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1995 at #122 (2,585 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1973–2024
- Highest: 1 in 680 girls born in 1995 were named Carly (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,481 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 34.3% of all girls named Carly (22,791) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 24 | #4,483 (1952) | #5,099 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,974 (1969) | #5,974 |
| 1970s | 2,980 | #345 (1979) | #1,346 |
| 1980s | 12,475 | #175 (1988) | #220 |
| 1990s | 22,791 | #122 (1995) | #141 |
| 2000s | 16,688 | #169 (2000) | #204 |
| 2010s | 9,300 | #218 (2010) | #373 |
| 2020s | 2,201 | #621 (2020) | #788 |
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.
Carly in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,187 of them was named Carly, which outranked 98.8% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 181,903 of them was named Carly, which outranked 51.0% 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).
- #4,271Zedrick12
- #4,271Zenon12
- #4,271Ziad12
- #4,527Carly11
- #4,527Aaren11
- #4,527Abbas11
- #4,527Abdon11
- #4,811Agron10
- #4,811Ahsan10
- #4,811Aikeem10
Tied with 283 names at #4,527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.