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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 20,016 of them was named Kary, which outranked 86.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,313Prudence77
- #1,313Sarina77
- #1,313Wendie77
- #1,325Kary76
- #1,325Africa76
- #1,325Annetta76
- #1,325Carina76
- #1,337Aracely75
- #1,337Billiejo75
- #1,337Brittney75
Tied with 11 names at #1,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 73,709 of them was named Kary, which outranked 66.5% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,871Torre23
- #1,871Virgilio23
- #1,871Wyman23
- #1,928Kary22
- #1,928Alicia22
- #1,928Allyn22
- #1,928Arlie22
- #1,966Ace21
- #1,966Alessandro21
- #1,966Alexandre21
Tied with 37 names at #1,928; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.