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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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 21,575 of them was named Karey, which outranked 86.5% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,537Liberty72
- #1,537Ofelia72
- #1,537Sparkle72
- #1,546Karey71
- #1,546Bethann71
- #1,546Gayla71
- #1,546Hattie71
- #1,558Amina70
- #1,558Carmella70
- #1,558Karly70
Tied with 11 names at #1,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 182,426 of them was named Karey, which outranked 43.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,614Zahir10
- #3,614Zaire10
- #3,614Zalman10
- #3,857Karey9
- #3,857Abdur9
- #3,857Adewale9
- #3,857Agostino9
- #4,157Abimael8
- #4,157Adrean8
- #4,157Airrion8
Tied with 299 names at #3,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.