Carys
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 196 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,327since 1991
Carys over time
Rank among girls' names. Carys has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 |
| 2019 | #2,923 | 56 |
| 2018 | #2,841 | 59 |
| 2017 | #3,014 | 54 |
| 2016 | #2,798 | 61 |
| 2015 | #2,278 | 82 |
| 2014 | #1,794 | 114 |
| 2013 | #1,695 | 123 |
| 2012 | #1,639 | 131 |
| 2011 | #1,571 | 139 |
| 2010 | #1,794 | 114 |
| 2009 | #1,620 | 138 |
| 2008 | #1,359 | 178 |
| 2007 | #1,560 | 145 |
| 2006 | #1,227 | 196 |
| 2005 | #1,553 | 131 |
| 2004 | #1,231 | 178 |
| 2003 | #1,769 | 106 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Carys! It came in at #10,271, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Carys is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#743 · 1 in 4,077
- Pennsylvania#1,100 · 1 in 7,804
- North Carolina#1,218 · 1 in 7,736
- Ohio#1,245 · 1 in 9,074
- California#1,582 · 1 in 12,840
Best ever in a state: #514 in Kansas, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #743 | 9 | 1 in 4,077 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,100 | 7 | 1 in 7,804 |
| North Carolina | #1,218 | 6 | 1 in 7,736 |
| Ohio | #1,245 | 6 | 1 in 9,074 |
| California | #1,582 | 17 | 1 in 12,840 |
| Texas | #1,597 | 14 | 1 in 11,905 |
| Illinois | #1,691 | 5 | 1 in 12,648 |
| Florida | #2,019 | 5 | 1 in 16,467 |
| New York | #2,264 | 5 | 1 in 18,955 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Carys
- 317 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,352)
- 274 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #4,352)
- 2,074 spots since 2015 (#2,278 → #4,352)
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2006 at #1,227 (196 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,700 girls born in 2006 were named Carys (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.3% of all girls named Carys (1,123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82 | #5,868 (1997) | #9,323 |
| 2000s | 1,123 | #1,227 (2006) | #2,934 |
| 2010s | 933 | #1,571 (2011) | #2,235 |
| 2020s | 189 | #3,765 (2022) | #4,457 |
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.
Carys in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 13,312 of them was named Carys, which outranked 92.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,612Maxine139
- #1,612Mayah139
- #1,612Mylie139
- #1,620Carys138
- #1,620Beverly138
- #1,620Capri138
- #1,620Elly138
- #1,629Andi137
- #1,629Andie137
- #1,629Arionna137
Tied with 8 names at #1,620; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.