Carey**
#676 most common boys' name of all time · #1,513 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#676
Rank overall
#1,513 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
29,621
Since 2016
224
Peak year
1975 #464
Best rank
#353 1957
Girls
Boys
peak 1,058/yr
Carey is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,448 |
| 2024 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,243 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,899 |
| 2022 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,262 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,719 |
| 2020 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #6,622 |
| 2019 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,153 |
| 2018 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #4,355 |
| 2017 | 11 | 22 | 33 | #4,466 |
| 2016 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #4,199 |
| 2015 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,295 |
| 2014 | 15 | 21 | 36 | #4,539 |
| 2013 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #4,066 |
| 2012 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #3,714 |
| 2011 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #3,605 |
| 2010 | 18 | 26 | 44 | #3,895 |
| 2009 | 19 | 28 | 47 | #3,721 |
| 2008 | 8 | 27 | 35 | #3,824 |
| 2007 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #2,974 |
| 2006 | 15 | 32 | 47 | #3,306 |
| 2005 | 26 | 27 | 53 | #3,529 |
| 2004 | 22 | 33 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2003 | 29 | 26 | 55 | #3,444 |
| 2002 | 28 | 49 | 77 | #2,155 |
| 2001 | 36 | 50 | 86 | #2,086 |
| 2000 | 39 | 40 | 79 | #2,379 |
| 1999 | 55 | 51 | 106 | #1,903 |
| 1998 | 51 | 45 | 96 | #2,068 |
| 1997 | 54 | 66 | 120 | #1,550 |
| 1996 | 63 | 73 | 136 | #1,421 |
| 1995 | 73 | 73 | 146 | #1,380 |
| 1994 | 96 | 81 | 177 | #1,296 |
| 1993 | 88 | 102 | 190 | #1,108 |
| 1992 | 100 | 124 | 224 | #967 |
| 1991 | 120 | 131 | 251 | #920 |
| 1990 | 96 | 141 | 237 | #859 |
| 1989 | 131 | 142 | 273 | #839 |
| 1988 | 121 | 167 | 288 | #731 |
| 1987 | 154 | 140 | 294 | #777 |
| 1986 | 153 | 158 | 311 | #720 |
| 1985 | 175 | 169 | 344 | #683 |
| 1984 | 201 | 156 | 357 | #699 |
| 1983 | 221 | 168 | 389 | #659 |
| 1982 | 255 | 171 | 426 | #668 |
| 1981 | 273 | 165 | 438 | #673 |
| 1980 | 342 | 168 | 510 | #665 |
| 1979 | 407 | 198 | 605 | #609 |
| 1978 | 534 | 224 | 758 | #559 |
| 1977 | 601 | 253 | 854 | #522 |
| 1976 | 693 | 256 | 949 | #501 |
| 1975 | 756 | 302 | 1,058 | #464 |
| 1974 | 659 | 298 | 957 | #464 |
| 1973 | 560 | 279 | 839 | #467 |
| 1972 | 481 | 282 | 763 | #467 |
| 1971 | 505 | 350 | 855 | #436 |
| 1970 | 409 | 324 | 733 | #453 |
| 1969 | 373 | 344 | 717 | #424 |
| 1968 | 323 | 336 | 659 | #418 |
| 1967 | 256 | 324 | 580 | #423 |
| 1966 | 164 | 308 | 472 | #433 |
| 1965 | 150 | 283 | 433 | #462 |
| 1964 | 152 | 332 | 484 | #441 |
| 1963 | 161 | 336 | 497 | #435 |
| 1962 | 183 | 325 | 508 | #440 |
| 1961 | 160 | 331 | 491 | #440 |
| 1960 | 137 | 370 | 507 | #410 |
| 1959 | 137 | 437 | 574 | #378 |
| 1958 | 151 | 399 | 550 | #392 |
| 1957 | 140 | 461 | 601 | #353 |
| 1956 | 158 | 366 | 524 | #394 |
| 1955 | 136 | 363 | 499 | #378 |
| 1954 | 136 | 403 | 539 | #360 |
| 1953 | 107 | 320 | 427 | #393 |
| 1952 | 81 | 338 | 419 | #370 |
| 1951 | 67 | 290 | 357 | #398 |
| 1950 | 68 | 272 | 340 | #409 |
| 1949 | 45 | 196 | 241 | #470 |
| 1948 | 52 | 232 | 284 | #439 |
| 1947 | 29 | 226 | 255 | #444 |
| 1946 | 31 | 173 | 204 | #487 |
| 1945 | 16 | 132 | 148 | #520 |
| 1944 | 30 | 138 | 168 | #514 |
| 1943 | 28 | 130 | 158 | #550 |
| 1942 | 30 | 132 | 162 | #531 |
| 1941 | 22 | 104 | 126 | #579 |
| 1940 | 13 | 96 | 109 | #602 |
| 1939 | 14 | 85 | 99 | #642 |
| 1938 | 17 | 102 | 119 | #579 |
| 1937 | 13 | 86 | 99 | #632 |
| 1936 | 19 | 81 | 100 | #645 |
| 1935 | 19 | 80 | 99 | #663 |
| 1934 | 14 | 93 | 107 | #616 |
| 1933 | 14 | 61 | 75 | #782 |
| 1932 | 12 | 76 | 88 | #711 |
| 1931 | 15 | 58 | 73 | #825 |
| 1930 | 7 | 65 | 72 | #802 |
| 1929 | 8 | 81 | 89 | #683 |
| 1928 | 6 | 60 | 66 | #854 |
| 1927 | 13 | 70 | 83 | #786 |
| 1926 | 13 | 79 | 92 | #716 |
| 1925 | 14 | 65 | 79 | #823 |
| 1924 | 16 | 66 | 82 | #839 |
| 1923 | 15 | 68 | 83 | #815 |
| 1922 | 7 | 85 | 92 | #709 |
| 1921 | 11 | 68 | 79 | #834 |
| 1920 | 16 | 63 | 79 | #854 |
| 1919 | 18 | 77 | 95 | #721 |
| 1918 | 5 | 58 | 63 | #870 |
| 1917 | 12 | 80 | 92 | #668 |
| 1916 | 14 | 64 | 78 | #765 |
| 1915 | 12 | 59 | 71 | #785 |
| 1914 | 13 | 68 | 81 | #609 |
| 1913 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #745 |
| 1912 | 7 | 36 | 43 | #713 |
| 1911 | — | 14 | 14 | #905 |
| 1910 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #570 |
| 1909 | — | 13 | 13 | #808 |
| 1908 | — | 17 | 17 | #636 |
| 1907 | — | 11 | 11 | #822 |
| 1906 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #617 |
| 1905 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #528 |
| 1904 | — | 17 | 17 | #542 |
| 1903 | — | 16 | 16 | #553 |
| 1902 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #655 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #639 |
| 1900 | — | 26 | 26 | #446 |
| 1899 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #555 |
| 1898 | — | 22 | 22 | #418 |
| 1897 | — | 20 | 20 | #426 |
| 1896 | — | 15 | 15 | #536 |
| 1895 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #493 |
| 1894 | — | 12 | 12 | #597 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #622 |
| 1892 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #446 |
| 1891 | — | 11 | 11 | #569 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #606 |
| 1889 | — | 15 | 15 | #483 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #557 |
| 1887 | — | 16 | 16 | #421 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #976 |
| 1885 | — | 13 | 13 | #524 |
| 1884 | — | 24 | 24 | #360 |
| 1883 | — | 19 | 19 | #403 |
| 1882 | — | 18 | 18 | #427 |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | #659 |
| 1880 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #505 |