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

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Peak · girls
1884 · 9 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,359
since 1881

Carry over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #731, 1884peak #1,074, 1894girlsboys
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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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2002
2001#11,0208
2000#15,0315
1999
1998#10,1228
1997
1996#10,5677
1995
1994#11,7786
1993
1992#9,4918
1991#5,94915
1990#7,88010#7,1786
1989#7,44910#7,9055
1988#6,27712
1987#5,07415
1986#4,96415#5,9266
1985#4,86015
1984#5,22213
1983#5,82411
1982#3,64722#6,3855
1981#4,53216#5,4686
1980#4,51716#3,61511
1979#3,90319
1978#3,63720
1977#3,00226
1976#2,86526
1975#2,23237#4,7976
1974#4,22714#5,2275
1973#3,12221#4,5056
1972#2,82024#3,15210
1971#2,95523#2,97311
1970#3,03022#3,5218
1969#4,41811#3,0629
1968#3,05718
1967#3,48414#2,47011
1966#3,95911#2,9868
1965#4,4949#2,7809
1964#3,37915#2,20514
1963#5,2967#3,0448
1962#4,8658#2,67310
1961#3,60813
1960#4,7738#2,68510
1959#3,82711#2,8219
1958#3,54312#2,50611
1957#4,2029#2,37512
1956#3,91010
1955#2,9648
1954#4,6557#3,4526
1953#5,6735#3,7985
1952#4,1238
1951#4,8336#3,7145
1950#5,3015#3,6815
1949#5,2445
1948#5,2435#2,6089
1947#3,24011#3,3706
1946#3,6658#3,5255
1945#2,7437
1944#3,4305
1943#3,8017
1942#4,1246
1941#3,9546
1940#2,57211#3,4595
1939#2,41712
1938#3,4507
1937#3,8006
1936#3,1038
1935#2,73110
1934#2,74110
1933#3,1098
1932#2,64411
1931#2,75010#3,7635
1930#2,84510
1929#2,09816#3,9595
1928#2,62312
1927#2,55213#4,2105
1926#1,83022
1925#2,28316
1924#2,66113#3,8676
1923#2,26416
1922#1,95720
1921#2,12018#3,8696
1920#1,70824
1919#1,64924
1918#1,69023
1917#1,77320#3,5456
1916#1,86718
1915#1,80018
1914#1,54118
1913#1,35818
1912#2,3607
1911#1,17115
1910#1,17115
1909#1,6078
1908#1,20312
1907#94516
1906#96515
1905#1,09312
1904#1,17010
1903#96913
1902#1,13310
1901#1,4666
1900#1,10612
1899#1,0999
1898#1,2638
1897#1,5555
1896#1,04710
1895#98611
1894#90512#1,0745
1893#1,2776
1892#1,0858
1891#1,3325
1890#1,2106
1889#83910
1888#1,0367
1887
1886
1885#1,0475
1884#7319
1883
1882
1881#7406
1880
First appearance
1881

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1884 at #731 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1894–1895
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,335
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 17.1% of all girls named Carry (232) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
  • Mostly boys until 1963, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#731 (1884)#879
1890s80#905 (1894)#1,176
1900s114#945 (1907)#1,166
1910s176#1,171 (1910)#1,638
1920s170#1,708 (1920)#2,210
1930s92#2,417 (1939)#2,959
1940s59#2,572 (1940)#3,980
1950s73#3,543 (1958)#4,452
1960s114#3,057 (1968)#4,133
1970s232#2,232 (1975)#3,179
1980s145#3,647 (1982)#5,237
1990s54#5,949 (1991)#9,298
2000s13#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 1895

girls
#986
11 births · 1 in 21,239 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #986Carry11
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 21,239 of them was named Carry, which outranked 45.5% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carry
  1. #932Villa12
  2. #932Vinie12
  3. #932Vivien12
  4. #986Carry11
  5. #986Adel11
  6. #986Alba11
  7. #986Anner11
  8. #1,053Aggie10
  9. #1,053Alcie10
  10. #1,053Ana10

Tied with 66 names at #986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

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

See the top 100 for 1895