Carley
Rank in 2025
#2719
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
63
girls 63
Peak year
1998
713 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
17,328
since 1912
Born a Carley? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Carley was most popular in 1998, when 713 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.40 per 1,000). In 2025, 63 babies were named Carley, ranking #2719 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 52%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 2719 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 53 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 62 | 2757 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 86 | 2193 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 123 | 1680 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 108 | 1818 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 134 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 151 | 1451 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 147 | 1505 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 171 | 1371 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 234 | 1106 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 237 | 1079 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 293 | 882 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 272 | 939 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 291 | 896 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 360 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 402 | 720 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 489 | 632 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 563 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 533 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 628 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 567 | 511 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 537 | 525 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 572 | 488 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 607 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 687 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 602 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 713 | 389 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 694 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 703 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 618 | 418 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 609 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 588 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 616 | 409 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 498 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 271 | 761 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 229 | 830 | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | 258 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 221 | 793 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 209 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 176 | 901 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 180 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 158 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 149 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 112 | 1181 | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | 84 | 1448 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 73 | 1569 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 65 | 1633 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 69 | 1559 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 71 | 1464 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 41 | 2097 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 61 | 1563 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 37 | 2127 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 19 | 3276 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | 6617 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | 6042 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 6539 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 8 | 4896 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | 4882 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4536 | 8 | 3024 |
| 1956 | 10 | 3910 | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 7 | 4655 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 9 | 3955 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | 8 | 2844 |
| 1950 | 10 | 3423 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | 12 | 2999 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | 4651 | 15 | 1943 |
| 1947 | 9 | 3706 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | 3665 | 7 | 2919 |
| 1945 | 5 | 4556 | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | 8 | 3493 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1942 | 9 | 3194 | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | 9 | 3030 | 9 | 2491 |
| 1940 | 12 | 2424 | 14 | 1894 |
| 1939 | 15 | 2125 | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2940 | 15 | 1818 |
| 1937 | 12 | 2448 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | 9 | 2857 | 6 | 3147 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3742 | 7 | 2951 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3802 | 7 | 2973 |
| 1933 | 14 | 2161 | 11 | 2214 |
| 1932 | 15 | 2130 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | 2427 | 7 | 3095 |
| 1930 | 14 | 2306 | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | 13 | 2437 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | 4195 | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | 18 | 2095 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 26 | 1623 | 8 | 3139 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3362 | 7 | 3408 |
| 1924 | 23 | 1811 | 11 | 2641 |
| 1923 | 8 | 3641 | 9 | 2950 |
| 1922 | 21 | 1897 | 5 | 4307 |
| 1921 | 5 | 5099 | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 15 | 2131 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 5 | 4168 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 8 | 2926 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 9 | 2621 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 9 | 2271 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 5 | 2544 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years