Carry
- Last seen for girls in 2001 at #11,020
- Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
- Given to girls 81.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,359since 1881
Carry over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Carry! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Carry is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Carry in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Carry
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1894
- Biggest drop: 371 spots in 1890
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1884 at #731 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1894–1895
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,335
- Highest: 1 in 14,335 girls born in 1884 were named Carry (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 225,078 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 17.1% of all girls named Carry (232) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
- Mostly boys until 1963, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #731 (1884) | #879 |
| 1890s | 80 | #905 (1894) | #1,176 |
| 1900s | 114 | #945 (1907) | #1,166 |
| 1910s | 176 | #1,171 (1910) | #1,638 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,708 (1920) | #2,210 |
| 1930s | 92 | #2,417 (1939) | #2,959 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,572 (1940) | #3,980 |
| 1950s | 73 | #3,543 (1958) | #4,452 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,057 (1968) | #4,133 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,232 (1975) | #3,179 |
| 1980s | 145 | #3,647 (1982) | #5,237 |
| 1990s | 54 | #5,949 (1991) | #9,298 |
| 2000s | 13 | #11,020 (2001) | #13,026 |
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.
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