Karly
- #2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births
- Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 427 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,866since 1972
Karly over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karly has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,607 | 66 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,559 | 69 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,555 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,319 | 80 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,558 | 68 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,135 | 85 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,898 | 105 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,727 | 119 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,475 | 152 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,338 | 177 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,329 | 178 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,333 | 177 | — | |
| 2013 | #988 | 253 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,128 | 218 | — | |
| 2011 | #992 | 256 | — | |
| 2010 | #907 | 288 | — | |
| 2009 | #923 | 290 | — | |
| 2008 | #830 | 342 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,012 | 262 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,026 | 249 | — | |
| 2005 | #789 | 329 | — | |
| 2004 | #764 | 341 | — | |
| 2003 | #815 | 303 | — | |
| 2002 | #790 | 297 | — | |
| 2001 | #740 | 323 | — | |
| 2000 | #697 | 336 | — | |
| 1999 | #666 | 344 | — | |
| 1998 | #629 | 370 | — | |
| 1997 | #630 | 355 | — | |
| 1996 | #595 | 383 | — | |
| 1995 | #596 | 378 | — | |
| 1994 | #577 | 398 | — | |
| 1993 | #558 | 427 | — | |
| 1992 | #558 | 421 | — | |
| 1991 | #604 | 373 | — | |
| 1990 | #890 | 217 | — | |
| 1989 | #950 | 186 | — | |
| 1988 | #957 | 174 | — | |
| 1987 | #924 | 179 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,105 | 134 | — | |
| 1985 | #950 | 163 | — | |
| 1984 | #963 | 150 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,137 | 117 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,167 | 118 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,220 | 107 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 62 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,558 | 70 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,996 | 44 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Karly! It came in at #5,109, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Karly is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Tennessee#983 · 1 in 5,346
- New York#1,830 · 1 in 13,055
- Texas#2,386 · 1 in 20,068
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #127 in North Dakota, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
| Texas | #2,386 | 8 | 1 in 20,068 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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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 Karly
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 472 spots since 2020 (#2,135 → #2,607)
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1991
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 2014
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1993 at #558 (427 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1987–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,237
- Highest: 1 in 4,237 girls born in 1993 were named Karly (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 33.7% of all girls named Karly (3,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 344 | #1,558 (1978) | #2,423 |
| 1980s | 1,424 | #924 (1987) | #1,069 |
| 1990s | 3,666 | #558 (1993) | #630 |
| 2000s | 3,072 | #697 (2000) | #839 |
| 2010s | 1,923 | #907 (2010) | #1,312 |
| 2020s | 437 | #2,135 (2020) | #2,456 |
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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