Carlie

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 92.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 549 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,019
since 1883

Carlie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #469, 1998peak #722, 1889girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,64565—
2024#2,50871—
2023#2,51770—
2022#2,40476—
2021#1,926102—
2020#1,485144—
2019#1,366165—
2018#1,219192—
2017#1,130220—
2016#1,048250—
2015#1,045254—
2014#965277—
2013#872296—
2012#896294—
2011#842313—
2010#781353—
2009#711405—
2008#671455—
2007#618482—
2006#594490—
2005#541534—
2004#502586#8,9277
2003#558495—
2002#563471—
2001#519515—
2000#500540#9,1126
1999#512501—
1998#469549#9,6315
1997#503491—
1996#492486#9,0155
1995#531453—
1994#558431—
1993#574415#8,7005
1992#607374—
1991#640348#7,2716
1990#924206#7,1786
1989#955185—
1988#945178#6,4266
1987#1,081141#6,9515
1986#1,047144—
1985#957162#5,1477
1984#923161—
1983#1,071129—
1982#1,193114#5,6196
1981#1,261102—
1980#1,60572#4,9407
1979#1,77061#4,8427
1978#1,72960#4,1578
1977#1,87753#3,8369
1976#1,99644#3,26411
1975#1,98644#4,7976
1974#1,64656#4,6346
1973#2,12737—
1972#3,17720#3,6228
1971#4,81011#2,81312
1970#4,24613#2,62113
1969#6,6176#2,68211
1968#5,1478#3,6736
1967#5,4577—
1966#6,5645#2,9868
1965#5,8176—
1964#5,0088#2,66510
1963#4,27210#2,67310
1962#3,78212#2,50411
1961#4,23910#2,40912
1960#6,3905#3,3377
1959#3,82711#3,0378
1958#3,92510#2,09315
1957#4,9187#2,09315
1956#3,91010#2,01516
1955#3,37712#1,97916
1954#2,88915#1,95616
1953#2,92114#1,76519
1952#3,04013#1,85617
1951#2,69415#1,72519
1950—#2,20712
1949#3,8928#2,02214
1948#2,97412#1,75818
1947#2,35418#1,36329
1946#2,59714#1,55721
1945#1,87420#1,77215
1944#2,19916#1,48321
1943#2,25116#1,76417
1942#1,91720#1,35826
1941#2,53212#1,63318
1940#4,3495#1,43322
1939#2,03816#1,79515
1938#1,87318#1,39723
1937#2,57011#1,44422
1936#2,26313#1,46321
1935#2,20614#1,35425
1934#2,74110#1,42523
1933#2,05215#1,64418
1932#2,36513#1,42624
1931#2,75010#1,42724
1930#1,93418#1,33029
1929#2,92110#1,67220
1928#2,38114#1,41327
1927#2,55213#1,79619
1926#2,07618#1,33130
1925#2,37815#1,22534
1924#2,13718#1,53225
1923#2,73212#1,75320
1922#3,15210#1,50325
1921#2,28216#1,76620
1920#3,09710#1,25233
1919#2,15616#1,26431
1918#1,45129#1,64821
1917#2,55212#1,52822
1916#1,94917#1,94915
1915#2,9009#1,45422
1914#1,74015#1,54516
1913#2,1649#1,31116
1912#2,1448#1,61910
1911#1,17115—
1910#1,9357#1,3147
1909—#84012
1908#2,1015#9469
1907#1,3849#1,2006
1906—#1,1116
1905#1,2989#1,0916
1904#1,8775—
1903#1,4407—
1902——
1901#1,6795—
1900#1,23110#1,3105
1899#1,3946—
1898#1,00912—
1897——
1896——
1895#1,05310#9786
1894#1,1368—
1893#1,1757#9076
1892#1,4505—
1891#1,2136#9635
1890#1,3385#8846
1889#1,2795#7228
1888#1,0367—
1887——
1886——
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1883#8176—
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Carlie! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carlie is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedWAIdaho: #246 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,084 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #332 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,498 girlsMNIllinois: #945 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,615 girlsILWisconsin: #299 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,033 girlsWIMichigan: #807 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,549 girlsMINew York: #1,064 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 9,918 girlsNYMassachusetts: #434 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,301 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedRIOregon: #315 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,873 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #557 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,353 girlsINOhio: #459 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,694 girlsOHPennsylvania: #403 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,840 girlsPANew Jersey: #396 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,746 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #931 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 7,925 girlsCAUtah: #247 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,208 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedCONebraska: #297 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,776 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #453 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #701 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,149 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedDEArizona: #655 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,300 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedNMKansas: #240 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #475 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,212 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #350 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #401 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,759 girlsALGeorgia: #668 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,232 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carlie, so not publishedHITexas: #767 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 5,931 girlsTXFlorida: #722 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,874 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#240 · 1 in 1,337
  2. Idaho#246 · 1 in 1,084
  3. Utah#247 · 1 in 1,208
  4. Nebraska#297 · 1 in 1,776
  5. Wisconsin#299 · 1 in 2,033

Best ever in a state: #111 in Vermont, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#240101 in 1,337
Idaho#24651 in 1,084
Utah#247111 in 1,208
Nebraska#29751 in 1,776
Wisconsin#299141 in 2,033
Oregon#31591 in 1,873
Minnesota#332111 in 2,498
Louisiana#350121 in 2,088
New Jersey#396171 in 2,746
Alabama#40181 in 2,759
Pennsylvania#403251 in 2,840
Massachusetts#434111 in 3,301
Kentucky#45361 in 3,577
Ohio#459191 in 3,694
South Carolina#47561 in 3,212
Indiana#55781 in 4,353
North Carolina#61281 in 4,981
Arizona#65561 in 4,300
Georgia#66881 in 5,232
Virginia#70161 in 6,149
Florida#722131 in 5,874
Texas#767231 in 5,931
Michigan#80781 in 7,549
California#931331 in 7,925
Illinois#94591 in 8,615
New York#1,064121 in 9,918
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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 Carlie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 137 spots since 2024 (#2,508 → #2,645)
  • 1,160 spots since 2020 (#1,485 → #2,645)
  • 1,600 spots since 2015 (#1,045 → #2,645)
  • Biggest jump: 284 spots in 1991 (#924 → #640)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2014 (#872 → #965)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1998 at #469 (549 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1988–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,134
  • Highest: 1 in 3,134 girls born in 2004 were named Carlie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #469 in 1998, was only 1 in 3,218 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Carlie (4,973) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
  • Mostly boys until 1971, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#817 (1883)#1,044
1890s59#1,009 (1898)#1,221
1900s50#1,231 (1900)#1,573
1910s137#1,171 (1911)#2,016
1920s136#2,076 (1926)#2,571
1930s138#1,873 (1938)#2,279
1940s141#1,874 (1945)#2,694
1950s107#2,694 (1951)#3,500
1960s77#3,782 (1962)#5,329
1970s399#1,646 (1974)#2,536
1980s1,388#923 (1984)#1,104
1990s4,254#469 (1998)#581
2000s4,973#500 (2000)#578
2010s2,614#781 (2010)#1,016
2020s528#1,485 (2020)#2,248

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.

Carlie in 1991

girls
#640
348 births · 1 in 5,388 girls
boys
#7,271
6 births · 1 in 336,721 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #640Carlie348

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #7,271Carlie6
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 5,388 of them was named Carlie, which outranked 95.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlie
  1. #637Madelyn351
  2. #638Josie350
  3. #639Destinee349
  4. #640Carlie348
  5. #641Lizbeth347
  6. #642Betty346
  7. #643Audra344
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 336,721 of them was named Carlie, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlie
  1. #6,519Zong7
  2. #6,519Zuri7
  3. #6,519Zvi7
  4. #7,271Carlie6
  5. #7,271Aaronjames6
  6. #7,271Abad6
  7. #7,271Abanoub6
  8. #8,236Aaran5
  9. #8,236Aarick5
  10. #8,236Abdo5

Tied with 964 names at #7,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →