Karley

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births

Peak · girls
1994 · 298 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,955
since 1972

Karley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karley has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #702, 1994girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,34246
2024#3,27748
2023#2,89158
2022#2,46373
2021#1,710121
2020#1,214188
2019#1,97198
2018#1,640129
2017#1,677128
2016#1,628134
2015#1,317180
2014#1,410162
2013#1,248191
2012#1,432159
2011#1,138215
2010#1,000251
2009#983269
2008#911301
2007#901306
2006#913289
2005#817317
2004#865284
2003#839291
2002#956233
2001#860265
2000#830270
1999#764290
1998#711311
1997#808257
1996#740285
1995#859226
1994#702298
1993#754275
1992#797253
1991#1,083167
1990#1,64490
1989#1,92567
1988#2,07156
1987#2,27647
1986#1,98055
1985#2,02153
1984#2,34041
1983#3,06527
1982#3,26026
1981#3,73921
1980#3,71921
1979#4,62615
1978#4,45915
1977#6,8928
1976#6,0489
1975#6,4848
1974#4,45913
1973#6,0808
1972#6,5587
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Karley! It came in at #6,558, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

Where Karley is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #436 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,775 girlsMNIllinois: #1,127 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,988 girlsILWisconsin: #406 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,503 girlsWIMichigan: #567 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,997 girlsMINew York: #1,100 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,182 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedSDIowa: #451 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,745 girlsIAIndiana: #641 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 girlsINOhio: #525 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,865 girlsOHPennsylvania: #437 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,913 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,142 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 10,130 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedNEMissouri: #595 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,217 girlsMOKentucky: #385 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,470 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedVAMaryland: #589 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,940 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #823 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,676 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,364 girlsOKLouisiana: #406 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,164 girlsLAMississippi: #432 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,303 girlsMSAlabama: #334 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,885 girlsALGeorgia: #819 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,110 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karley, so not publishedHITexas: #1,228 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,761 girlsTXFlorida: #916 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,335 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#334 · 1 in 1,885
  2. Kentucky#385 · 1 in 2,470
  3. Louisiana#406 · 1 in 2,164
  4. Wisconsin#406 · 1 in 2,503
  5. Mississippi#432 · 1 in 2,303

Best ever in a state: #176 in North Dakota, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#334111 in 1,885
Kentucky#38581 in 2,470
Louisiana#406101 in 2,164
Wisconsin#406101 in 2,503
Mississippi#43251 in 2,303
Minnesota#43691 in 2,775
Pennsylvania#437201 in 2,913
Iowa#45151 in 2,745
Ohio#525161 in 3,865
Michigan#567131 in 3,997
Maryland#58961 in 3,940
Oklahoma#59251 in 3,364
Missouri#59571 in 4,217
Indiana#64171 in 4,685
Georgia#81971 in 6,110
North Carolina#82361 in 6,676
Florida#916101 in 7,335
New York#1,100111 in 9,182
Illinois#1,12771 in 9,988
California#1,142221 in 10,130
Texas#1,228131 in 10,761
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See more about Karley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 65 spots since 2024 (#3,277 → #3,342)
  • 2,128 spots since 2020 (#1,214 → #3,342)
  • 2,025 spots since 2015 (#1,317 → #3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1992 (#1,083 → #797)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1995 (#702 → #859)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1994 at #702 (298 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1992–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,682
  • Highest: 1 in 5,682 girls born in 1998 were named Karley (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #702 in 1994, was only 1 in 5,992 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 35.5% of all girls named Karley (2,825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s83#4,459 (1978)#5,701
1980s414#1,925 (1989)#2,640
1990s2,452#702 (1994)#886
2000s2,825#817 (2005)#888
2010s1,647#1,000 (2010)#1,446
2020s534#1,214 (2020)#2,483

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.

Karley in 1997

girls
#808
257 births · 1 in 6,773 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #808Karley257
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 6,773 of them was named Karley, which outranked 95.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karley
  1. #804Daisha258
  2. #804Mariam258
  3. #804Melina258
  4. #808Karley257
  5. #808Estrella257
  6. #808Jodi257
  7. #811Jayda256
  8. #812Kaci255
  9. #812Nadine255

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →