Kary
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1972
76 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
3,378
since 1917
Born a Kary? 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
Kary was most popular in 1972, when 76 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.05 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Kary in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 8 | 11146 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 9 | 10859 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 9481 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 13069 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 11 | 9723 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 8 | 12276 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 9379 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 17 | 7394 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 14 | 8237 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 6 | 10151 |
| 2004 | 12 | 8716 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 15 | 7207 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 20 | 5673 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 22 | 5174 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 15 | 6808 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 6836 | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | 16 | 6073 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 15 | 6163 | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | 12 | 7130 | 9 | 5982 |
| 1995 | 22 | 4518 | 7 | 6992 |
| 1994 | 20 | 4845 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 23 | 4393 | 12 | 4697 |
| 1992 | 26 | 3968 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 17 | 5399 | 11 | 4760 |
| 1990 | 27 | 3813 | 16 | 3607 |
| 1989 | 27 | 3673 | 15 | 3618 |
| 1988 | 22 | 4015 | 23 | 2509 |
| 1987 | 24 | 3624 | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | 23 | 3645 | 18 | 2779 |
| 1985 | 34 | 2749 | 25 | 2171 |
| 1984 | 29 | 2992 | 10 | 3925 |
| 1983 | 37 | 2475 | 14 | 3071 |
| 1982 | 38 | 2492 | 20 | 2426 |
| 1981 | 40 | 2409 | 21 | 2338 |
| 1980 | 27 | 3134 | 15 | 2965 |
| 1979 | 47 | 2112 | 21 | 2310 |
| 1978 | 51 | 1915 | 22 | 2134 |
| 1977 | 64 | 1637 | 30 | 1743 |
| 1976 | 52 | 1794 | 24 | 1999 |
| 1975 | 65 | 1544 | 23 | 2001 |
| 1974 | 52 | 1733 | 30 | 1618 |
| 1973 | 45 | 1857 | 18 | 2216 |
| 1972 | 76 | 1325 | 22 | 1928 |
| 1971 | 67 | 1500 | 41 | 1309 |
| 1970 | 52 | 1736 | 38 | 1351 |
| 1969 | 38 | 2023 | 38 | 1280 |
| 1968 | 48 | 1678 | 41 | 1183 |
| 1967 | 60 | 1428 | 34 | 1287 |
| 1966 | 30 | 2147 | 37 | 1237 |
| 1965 | 24 | 2464 | 41 | 1189 |
| 1964 | 40 | 1867 | 41 | 1199 |
| 1963 | 42 | 1787 | 50 | 1081 |
| 1962 | 39 | 1826 | 48 | 1108 |
| 1961 | 53 | 1553 | 38 | 1279 |
| 1960 | 23 | 2512 | 47 | 1139 |
| 1959 | 30 | 2054 | 39 | 1247 |
| 1958 | 27 | 2167 | 50 | 1081 |
| 1957 | 31 | 1957 | 32 | 1388 |
| 1956 | 25 | 2194 | 23 | 1642 |
| 1955 | 23 | 2280 | 26 | 1503 |
| 1954 | 18 | 2592 | 28 | 1435 |
| 1953 | 9 | 3955 | 22 | 1630 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 19 | 1749 |
| 1951 | 13 | 2937 | 13 | 2135 |
| 1950 | 13 | 2909 | 16 | 1879 |
| 1949 | 10 | 3393 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1948 | 9 | 3593 | 13 | 2115 |
| 1947 | 12 | 3061 | 19 | 1733 |
| 1946 | 7 | 3994 | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 11 | 2131 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | 14 | 1890 |
| 1943 | 10 | 3040 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 12 | 2145 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4349 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 8 | 2609 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4342 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 10 | 2332 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4181 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 7 | 3092 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 6 | 3545 |
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Recorded as girls 58% · boys 42% across all years