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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#734 · 1 in 3,179
- Louisiana#738 · 1 in 3,101
- Missouri#744 · 1 in 3,533
- Wisconsin#833 · 1 in 4,295
- Pennsylvania#874 · 1 in 4,878
Best ever in a state: #112 in Mississippi, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #734 | 6 | 1 in 3,179 |
| Louisiana | #738 | 6 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Missouri | #744 | 7 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Wisconsin | #833 | 5 | 1 in 4,295 |
| Pennsylvania | #874 | 10 | 1 in 4,878 |
| Tennessee | #891 | 7 | 1 in 4,460 |
| Ohio | #1,285 | 6 | 1 in 8,101 |
| Texas | #1,619 | 14 | 1 in 11,106 |
| Florida | #2,080 | 5 | 1 in 16,720 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 13,340 of them was named Carley, which outranked 90.5% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,676Edie124
- #1,676Lidia124
- #1,676Rio124
- #1,680Carley123
- #1,680Amariah123
- #1,680Camden123
- #1,680Charlize123
- #1,698Bree122
- #1,698Danae122
- #1,698Empress122
Tied with 17 names at #1,680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.