Kary
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to girls 58.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,962since 1936
Kary over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #1,915 | 51 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #1,325 | 76 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #1,500 | 67 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,736 | 52 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | #1,280 | 38 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #1,428 | 60 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | #1,108 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | #1,139 | 47 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #1,388 | 32 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | — | #1,749 | 19 | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Kary! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1972 at #1,325 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,016
- Highest: 1 in 20,016 girls born in 1972 were named Kary (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,573 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 29.1% of all girls named Kary (571) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2006
- Mostly boys until 2005, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,262 |
| 1940s | 59 | #3,040 (1943) | #3,641 |
| 1950s | 189 | #1,957 (1957) | #2,561 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,428 (1967) | #1,929 |
| 1970s | 571 | #1,325 (1972) | #1,715 |
| 1980s | 301 | #2,409 (1981) | #3,121 |
| 1990s | 192 | #3,813 (1990) | #5,314 |
| 2000s | 144 | #5,174 (2001) | #7,333 |
| 2010s | 72 | #9,481 (2015) | #12,454 |
| 2020s | 27 | #11,146 (2021) | #12,749 |
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.
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