Carley
#1,141 most common girls' name of all time · #2,020 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among girls
#1,141
Rank overall
#2,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
17,328
Since 2016
1,098
Peak year
1998 #389
Best rank
#378 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 718/yr
Carley first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,723 |
| 2024 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2023 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,767 |
| 2022 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,196 |
| 2021 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,685 |
| 2020 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,819 |
| 2019 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,587 |
| 2018 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,455 |
| 2017 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,507 |
| 2016 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,373 |
| 2015 | 234 | — | 234 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 237 | — | 237 | #1,081 |
| 2013 | 293 | — | 293 | #883 |
| 2012 | 272 | — | 272 | #940 |
| 2011 | 291 | — | 291 | #897 |
| 2010 | 360 | — | 360 | #759 |
| 2009 | 402 | — | 402 | #720 |
| 2008 | 489 | — | 489 | #632 |
| 2007 | 563 | — | 563 | #547 |
| 2006 | 533 | — | 533 | #552 |
| 2005 | 628 | — | 628 | #486 |
| 2004 | 567 | 8 | 575 | #511 |
| 2003 | 537 | — | 537 | #527 |
| 2002 | 572 | — | 572 | #488 |
| 2001 | 607 | — | 607 | #456 |
| 2000 | 687 | — | 687 | #411 |
| 1999 | 602 | — | 602 | #444 |
| 1998 | 713 | 5 | 718 | #389 |
| 1997 | 694 | — | 694 | #382 |
| 1996 | 703 | — | 703 | #378 |
| 1995 | 618 | 6 | 624 | #419 |
| 1994 | 609 | — | 609 | #411 |
| 1993 | 588 | — | 588 | #429 |
| 1992 | 616 | 6 | 622 | #410 |
| 1991 | 498 | — | 498 | #485 |
| 1990 | 271 | 5 | 276 | #762 |
| 1989 | 229 | 5 | 234 | #831 |
| 1988 | 258 | — | 258 | #725 |
| 1987 | 221 | 6 | 227 | #794 |
| 1986 | 209 | — | 209 | #803 |
| 1985 | 176 | — | 176 | #902 |
| 1984 | 180 | — | 180 | #852 |
| 1983 | 158 | — | 158 | #938 |
| 1982 | 149 | — | 149 | #990 |
| 1981 | 112 | 8 | 120 | #1,184 |
| 1980 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,453 |
| 1979 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,576 |
| 1978 | 65 | 6 | 71 | #1,640 |
| 1977 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,562 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,468 |
| 1975 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,108 |
| 1974 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,568 |
| 1973 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,138 |
| 1972 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #3,309 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,770 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,779 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,207 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,731 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,973 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,998 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,999 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,327 |
| 1957 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #4,649 |
| 1956 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #3,995 |
| 1955 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #5,393 |
| 1954 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,817 |
| 1953 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,057 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,638 |
| 1950 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #3,538 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,080 |
| 1948 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #4,848 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,820 |
| 1946 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #3,820 |
| 1945 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,817 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1943 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,627 |
| 1942 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #3,338 |
| 1941 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #3,145 |
| 1940 | 12 | 14 | 26 | #2,509 |
| 1939 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #2,175 |
| 1938 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #3,083 |
| 1937 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #2,528 |
| 1936 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #3,010 |
| 1935 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,953 |
| 1934 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,009 |
| 1933 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #2,247 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1931 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #2,540 |
| 1930 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #2,394 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #4,425 |
| 1927 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #2,157 |
| 1926 | 26 | 8 | 34 | #1,663 |
| 1925 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,555 |
| 1924 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #1,866 |
| 1923 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,820 |
| 1922 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #1,950 |
| 1921 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #5,354 |
| 1920 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | — |