Kary
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to girls 58.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,962since 1936
Kary over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #1,915 | 51 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #1,325 | 76 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #1,500 | 67 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,736 | 52 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | #1,280 | 38 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #1,428 | 60 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | #1,108 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | #1,139 | 47 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #1,388 | 32 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | — | #1,749 | 19 | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kary! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kary is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,154 · 1 in 19,346
- Texas#1,288 · 1 in 21,437
Best ever in a state: #522 in Arizona, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,154 | 9 | 1 in 19,346 |
| Texas | #1,288 | 5 | 1 in 21,437 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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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 Kary
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1972 at #1,325 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,016 girls born in 1972 were named Kary (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,573 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 29.1% of all girls named Kary (571) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2005, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,262 |
| 1940s | 59 | #3,040 (1943) | #3,641 |
| 1950s | 189 | #1,957 (1957) | #2,561 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,428 (1967) | #1,929 |
| 1970s | 571 | #1,325 (1972) | #1,715 |
| 1980s | 301 | #2,409 (1981) | #3,121 |
| 1990s | 192 | #3,813 (1990) | #5,314 |
| 2000s | 144 | #5,174 (2001) | #7,333 |
| 2010s | 72 | #9,481 (2015) | #12,454 |
| 2020s | 27 | #11,146 (2021) | #12,749 |
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.
Kary in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 45,893 of them was named Kary, which outranked 76.7% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,754Sammie43
- #1,754Tessa43
- #1,754Tessie43
- #1,787Kary42
- #1,787Adelina42
- #1,787Andree42
- #1,787Arlette42
- #1,815Alisia41
- #1,815Alta41
- #1,815Carrol41
Tied with 27 names at #1,787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 40,622 of them was named Kary, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,069Rueben51
- #1,069Waymon51
- #1,069Windell51
- #1,081Kary50
- #1,081Alonza50
- #1,081Brandt50
- #1,081Diane50
- #1,093Constantine49
- #1,093Davie49
- #1,093Drake49
Tied with 11 names at #1,081; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.