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 | — | — | ||
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Karey is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#447 · 1 in 2,946
- Colorado#482 · 1 in 3,413
- Minnesota#494 · 1 in 5,176
- Ohio#549 · 1 in 5,395
- Illinois#1,006 · 1 in 10,332
Best ever in a state: #391 in Iowa, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #447 | 5 | 1 in 2,946 |
| Colorado | #482 | 5 | 1 in 3,413 |
| Minnesota | #494 | 5 | 1 in 5,176 |
| Ohio | #549 | 13 | 1 in 5,395 |
| Illinois | #1,006 | 7 | 1 in 10,332 |
| Texas | #1,167 | 8 | 1 in 12,558 |
| California | #1,341 | 10 | 1 in 14,957 |
| New York | #1,645 | 5 | 1 in 20,368 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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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 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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 13,332 of them was named Karey, which outranked 90.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,102Shawnda117
- #1,108Lakeesha116
- #1,108Stephany116
- #1,110Karey115
- #1,110Caron115
- #1,110Clare115
- #1,110Daniella115
- #1,118Carmela114
- #1,118Claudine114
- #1,118Freda114
Tied with 7 names at #1,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 234,746 of them was named Karey, which outranked 33.2% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,164Zephaniah8
- #4,164Ziad8
- #4,164Zion8
- #4,582Karey7
- #4,582Abasi7
- #4,582Abdalla7
- #4,582Abhay7
- #5,123Aamir6
- #5,123Aaryn6
- #5,123Abbas6
Tied with 540 names at #4,582; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.