Karey
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 78.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 119 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,187since 1941
Karey 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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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #1,644 | 70 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,546 | 71 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #1,110 | 115 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #1,104 | 109 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #1,012 | 119 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #1,204 | 92 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #1,211 | 88 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #1,192 | 90 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,336 | 80 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,320 | 80 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #1,196 | 82 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karey! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Karey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1975 at #1,012 (119 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,251 girls born in 1975 were named Karey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 41.2% of all girls named Karey (902) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 34 | #3,883 (1948) | #4,528 |
| 1950s | 195 | #1,852 (1959) | #2,858 |
| 1960s | 454 | #1,196 (1968) | #1,767 |
| 1970s | 902 | #1,012 (1975) | #1,287 |
| 1980s | 379 | #1,644 (1980) | #3,012 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,831 (1996) | #6,106 |
| 2000s | 42 | #12,056 (2001) | #14,194 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,419 |
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.
Karey in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 12,251 of them was named Karey, which outranked 90.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,007Jolie120
- #1,007Michaela120
- #1,007Rebeca120
- #1,012Karey119
- #1,012Cicely119
- #1,012Jenniffer119
- #1,012Julianna119
- #1,022Cathryn118
- #1,022Claudette118
- #1,022Dawna118
Tied with 9 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 111,526 of them was named Karey, which outranked 56.6% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,637Tyrice15
- #2,637Verlin15
- #2,637Zacharia15
- #2,751Karey14
- #2,751Abran14
- #2,751Adams14
- #2,751Adnan14
- #2,902Abdon13
- #2,902Able13
- #2,902Aharon13
Tied with 150 names at #2,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.