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 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#53 · 1 in 169
- South Dakota#74 · 1 in 235
- Wyoming#78 · 1 in 211
- New Jersey#79 · 1 in 364
- Pennsylvania#84 · 1 in 355
Best ever in a state: #46 in Delaware, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #53 | 18 | 1 in 169 |
| South Dakota | #74 | 14 | 1 in 235 |
| Wyoming | #78 | 7 | 1 in 211 |
| New Jersey | #79 | 121 | 1 in 364 |
| Pennsylvania | #84 | 183 | 1 in 355 |
| Wisconsin | #87 | 76 | 1 in 346 |
| Connecticut | #97 | 41 | 1 in 416 |
| Michigan | #100 | 119 | 1 in 456 |
| Minnesota | #103 | 57 | 1 in 450 |
| Delaware | #104 | 9 | 1 in 373 |
| Maryland | #108 | 54 | 1 in 468 |
| Illinois | #109 | 147 | 1 in 505 |
| Idaho | #113 | 13 | 1 in 414 |
| Iowa | #113 | 29 | 1 in 492 |
| Ohio | #115 | 127 | 1 in 509 |
| Utah | #115 | 31 | 1 in 448 |
| Washington | #115 | 58 | 1 in 498 |
| Nebraska | #117 | 18 | 1 in 450 |
| New York | #119 | 183 | 1 in 608 |
| Kansas | #125 | 22 | 1 in 585 |
| Colorado | #126 | 35 | 1 in 578 |
| West Virginia | #126 | 14 | 1 in 565 |
| Massachusetts | #132 | 55 | 1 in 615 |
| Florida | #139 | 102 | 1 in 731 |
| Indiana | #139 | 49 | 1 in 669 |
| Hawaii | #144 | 9 | 1 in 519 |
| New Hampshire | #145 | 8 | 1 in 657 |
| Montana | #146 | 6 | 1 in 523 |
| Georgia | #154 | 51 | 1 in 799 |
| Louisiana | #159 | 29 | 1 in 773 |
| Missouri | #164 | 35 | 1 in 848 |
| Rhode Island | #168 | 7 | 1 in 679 |
| North Carolina | #172 | 46 | 1 in 829 |
| Alaska | #175 | 5 | 1 in 556 |
| Oklahoma | #176 | 20 | 1 in 809 |
| Oregon | #183 | 20 | 1 in 802 |
| Nevada | #187 | 10 | 1 in 777 |
| South Carolina | #191 | 19 | 1 in 873 |
| Virginia | #196 | 32 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Arizona | #197 | 31 | 1 in 873 |
| Tennessee | #198 | 29 | 1 in 1,008 |
| Kentucky | #202 | 17 | 1 in 1,176 |
| Alabama | #215 | 18 | 1 in 1,167 |
| California | #219 | 218 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Arkansas | #222 | 10 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Texas | #252 | 99 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Mississippi | #274 | 9 | 1 in 1,354 |
| New Mexico | #382 | 5 | 1 in 1,765 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 769 of them was named Carly, which outranked 99.1% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 241,504 of them was named Carly, which outranked 37.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,868Zephan9
- #5,868Zerek9
- #5,868Zuriel9
- #6,372Carly8
- #6,372Abad8
- #6,372Abdel8
- #6,372Abdoul8
- #6,968Abayomi7
- #6,968Abdoulaye7
- #6,968Abdoulie7
Tied with 595 names at #6,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.