Carry
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #11,020 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 81.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,359since 1881
Carry over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Carry! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Carry
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1894 (#1,277 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 371 spots in 1890 (#839 → #1,210)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1884 at #731 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1894–1895
- Highest: 1 in 14,335 girls born in 1884 were named Carry (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 225,078 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Carry (232) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1963, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #731 (1884) | #879 |
| 1890s | 80 | #905 (1894) | #1,176 |
| 1900s | 114 | #945 (1907) | #1,166 |
| 1910s | 176 | #1,171 (1910) | #1,638 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,708 (1920) | #2,210 |
| 1930s | 92 | #2,417 (1939) | #2,959 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,572 (1940) | #3,980 |
| 1950s | 73 | #3,543 (1958) | #4,452 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,057 (1968) | #4,133 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,232 (1975) | #3,179 |
| 1980s | 145 | #3,647 (1982) | #5,237 |
| 1990s | 54 | #5,949 (1991) | #9,298 |
| 2000s | 13 | #11,020 (2001) | #13,026 |
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.
Carry in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
Top boys' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 18,577 of them was named Carry, which outranked 46.8% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #850Tula13
- #850Verla13
- #850Verlie13
- #905Carry12
- #905Adelle12
- #905Albert12
- #905Almira12
- #950Alfreda11
- #950Ammie11
- #950Annabell11
Tied with 44 names at #905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 23,154 of them was named Carry, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 165 names at #1,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.