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
- 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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Kary
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1972 at #1,325 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 29.1% of all girls named Kary (571) were born in this decade
- 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.
Kary in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 74,504 of them was named Kary, which outranked 69.2% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,117Wayne28
- #2,117Willene28
- #2,117Willetta28
- #2,167Kary27
- #2,167Arla27
- #2,167Berniece27
- #2,167Cherilyn27
- #2,209Annett26
- #2,209Arlinda26
- #2,209Augustine26
Tied with 41 names at #2,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 42,448 of them was named Kary, which outranked 76.0% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,071Talmadge51
- #1,071Theadore51
- #1,071Wayland51
- #1,081Kary50
- #1,081Boyce50
- #1,081Drake50
- #1,081Kathleen50
- #1,091Adolphus49
- #1,091Bartholomew49
- #1,091Brock49
Tied with 9 names at #1,081; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.