Carly

Where Carly comes from

A feminine form of Carl with -y, taken to use in the latter half of the 20th century; also a pet form of Carla, Carlene and Carlotta.
— Wiktionary's entry for Carly
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Carly through the years
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,833 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1954
    Carly Fiorina born
    American businesswoman and politician
  3. 1971
    Around this time: Anticipation by Carly Simon
    Song, 1971 · Source
  4. 1985
    Carly Rae Jepsen born
    Canadian singer
  5. 1995
    Peak, #122
    2,585 babies named Carly, the most in any year.
  6. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #248.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Carly Rae Jepsen · Canadian singer, born 1985
  • Carly Fiorina · American businesswoman and politician, born 1954
  • Carly Simon · American musician, born 1943
  • Carly Patterson · American artistic gymnast and rock singer, born 1988
  • Carly Chaikin · American actress, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.