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 | ||
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| 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 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#259 · 1 in 1,083
- Wisconsin#304 · 1 in 1,222
- Oklahoma#350 · 1 in 1,343
- Iowa#378 · 1 in 1,439
- Kentucky#426 · 1 in 1,690
Best ever in a state: #46 in Delaware, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #259 | 20 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Wisconsin | #304 | 17 | 1 in 1,222 |
| Oklahoma | #350 | 11 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Iowa | #378 | 8 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Kentucky | #426 | 10 | 1 in 1,690 |
| Kansas | #442 | 7 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Michigan | #442 | 20 | 1 in 1,893 |
| Ohio | #456 | 23 | 1 in 2,083 |
| Tennessee | #464 | 16 | 1 in 1,898 |
| South Carolina | #490 | 9 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Nevada | #503 | 5 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Missouri | #509 | 11 | 1 in 2,225 |
| New York | #511 | 33 | 1 in 2,412 |
| Connecticut | #518 | 5 | 1 in 2,250 |
| Oregon | #528 | 6 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Pennsylvania | #535 | 20 | 1 in 2,418 |
| Washington | #553 | 12 | 1 in 2,427 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 13 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Indiana | #577 | 11 | 1 in 2,547 |
| Virginia | #589 | 13 | 1 in 2,626 |
| North Carolina | #614 | 15 | 1 in 2,909 |
| Colorado | #621 | 8 | 1 in 2,693 |
| Georgia | #648 | 15 | 1 in 2,966 |
| Illinois | #685 | 15 | 1 in 3,250 |
| Louisiana | #727 | 6 | 1 in 3,083 |
| Massachusetts | #730 | 6 | 1 in 3,977 |
| Arizona | #742 | 8 | 1 in 3,458 |
| Florida | #784 | 19 | 1 in 4,235 |
| Maryland | #905 | 5 | 1 in 4,463 |
| Texas | #908 | 31 | 1 in 4,934 |
| California | #917 | 32 | 1 in 5,444 |
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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 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
More about 2020
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1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 3,432 of them was named Carly, which outranked 96.5% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.