Carley
#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 703 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,918since 1921
Carley over time
Rank among girls' names. Carley has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,193 | 86 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,818 | 108 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,585 | 134 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,451 | 151 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,505 | 147 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,371 | 171 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,106 | 234 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,079 | 237 | — | |
| 2013 | #882 | 293 | — | |
| 2012 | #939 | 272 | — | |
| 2011 | #896 | 291 | — | |
| 2010 | #757 | 360 | — | |
| 2009 | #720 | 402 | — | |
| 2008 | #632 | 489 | — | |
| 2007 | #546 | 563 | — | |
| 2006 | #552 | 533 | — | |
| 2005 | #486 | 628 | — | |
| 2004 | #511 | 567 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #525 | 537 | — | |
| 2002 | #488 | 572 | — | |
| 2001 | #456 | 607 | — | |
| 2000 | #411 | 687 | — | |
| 1999 | #444 | 602 | — | |
| 1998 | #389 | 713 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #382 | 694 | — | |
| 1996 | #376 | 703 | — | |
| 1995 | #418 | 618 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #411 | 609 | — | |
| 1993 | #429 | 588 | — | |
| 1992 | #409 | 616 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #484 | 498 | — | |
| 1990 | #761 | 271 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #830 | 229 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #725 | 258 | — | |
| 1987 | #793 | 221 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #802 | 209 | — | |
| 1985 | #901 | 176 | — | |
| 1984 | #851 | 180 | — | |
| 1983 | #937 | 158 | — | |
| 1982 | #988 | 149 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Carley! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carley is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#350 · 1 in 2,663
- Minnesota#378 · 1 in 2,829
- South Carolina#399 · 1 in 2,829
- Oklahoma#504 · 1 in 3,449
- Pennsylvania#516 · 1 in 4,489
Best ever in a state: #112 in Mississippi, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #350 | 11 | 1 in 2,663 |
| Minnesota | #378 | 10 | 1 in 2,829 |
| South Carolina | #399 | 7 | 1 in 2,829 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,449 |
| Pennsylvania | #516 | 16 | 1 in 4,489 |
| Michigan | #558 | 13 | 1 in 4,650 |
| Tennessee | #581 | 6 | 1 in 4,965 |
| Indiana | #628 | 6 | 1 in 5,723 |
| Virginia | #690 | 6 | 1 in 6,184 |
| Ohio | #788 | 8 | 1 in 8,731 |
| Florida | #809 | 11 | 1 in 7,002 |
| Texas | #829 | 19 | 1 in 7,020 |
| Illinois | #831 | 10 | 1 in 7,730 |
| North Carolina | #832 | 5 | 1 in 8,137 |
| New York | #1,166 | 10 | 1 in 11,879 |
| California | #1,172 | 21 | 1 in 11,618 |
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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 Carley
- 328 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #2,719)
- 901 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #2,719)
- 1,613 spots since 2015 (#1,106 → #2,719)
- Biggest jump: 277 spots in 1991 (#761 → #484)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 2014 (#882 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1996 at #376 (703 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1982–2013
- Highest: 1 in 2,478 girls born in 1998 were named Carley (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #376 in 1996, was only 1 in 2,494 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.9% of all girls named Carley (5,912) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 129 | #1,623 (1926) | #2,907 |
| 1930s | 112 | #2,125 (1939) | #2,694 |
| 1940s | 78 | #2,424 (1940) | #3,524 |
| 1950s | 60 | #3,423 (1950) | #4,651 |
| 1960s | 38 | #4,882 (1961) | #5,957 |
| 1970s | 443 | #1,464 (1976) | #2,434 |
| 1980s | 1,776 | #725 (1988) | #946 |
| 1990s | 5,912 | #376 (1996) | #450 |
| 2000s | 5,585 | #411 (2000) | #533 |
| 2010s | 2,290 | #757 (2010) | #1,157 |
| 2020s | 495 | #1,680 (2021) | #2,369 |
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.
Carley in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 8,050 of them was named Carley, which outranked 94.3% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 400,186 of them was named Carley, which outranked 14.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,327 names at #7,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.