Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carrie

#156 most common girls' name of all time · #300 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#156
Rank overall
#300 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
267,540
Since 2016
894
Peak year
1977 #28
Best rank
#20 1880
Girls Boys peak 8,688/yr
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Carrie 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 63 63 #2,719
2024 54 54 #3,013
2023 68 68 #2,588
2022 68 68 #2,579
2021 77 77 #2,345
2020 83 83 #2,170
2019 93 93 #2,043
2018 115 115 #1,774
2017 130 130 #1,655
2016 143 143 #1,560
2015 126 126 #1,685
2014 150 150 #1,487
2013 177 177 #1,321
2012 154 154 #1,469
2011 152 152 #1,469
2010 181 181 #1,299
2009 236 236 #1,079
2008 264 264 #1,002
2007 268 268 #995
2006 308 308 #864
2005 304 304 #835
2004 311 311 #808
2003 345 345 #738
2002 321 321 #752
2001 430 430 #588
2000 536 536 #503
1999 582 582 #457
1998 629 629 #420
1997 744 744 #368
1996 876 876 #321
1995 897 897 #310
1994 1,012 1,012 #276
1993 1,117 1,117 #248
1992 1,285 1,285 #221
1991 1,465 1,465 #204
1990 1,708 1,708 #170
1989 1,957 11 1,968 #148
1988 2,204 5 2,209 #132
1987 2,390 13 2,403 #119
1986 2,558 13 2,571 #109
1985 2,942 7 2,949 #96
1984 3,691 19 3,710 #78
1983 4,296 21 4,317 #65
1982 5,186 19 5,205 #57
1981 5,094 18 5,112 #55
1980 5,761 29 5,790 #46
1979 6,354 19 6,373 #41
1978 7,318 27 7,345 #35
1977 8,661 27 8,688 #28
1976 7,991 25 8,016 #28
1975 7,854 22 7,876 #29
1974 6,436 17 6,453 #42
1973 5,835 22 5,857 #46
1972 5,421 14 5,435 #53
1971 5,977 24 6,001 #55
1970 4,978 20 4,998 #73
1969 3,888 7 3,895 #94
1968 3,979 8 3,987 #86
1967 3,195 9 3,204 #107
1966 2,476 2,476 #142
1965 2,484 8 2,492 #152
1964 2,975 10 2,985 #134
1963 2,817 6 2,823 #143
1962 3,031 9 3,040 #141
1961 3,178 9 3,187 #139
1960 3,150 10 3,160 #139
1959 2,960 9 2,969 #145
1958 2,583 16 2,599 #155
1957 2,156 5 2,161 #175
1956 1,529 7 1,536 #208
1955 1,211 7 1,218 #233
1954 1,308 7 1,315 #221
1953 1,282 8 1,290 #224
1952 1,110 5 1,115 #235
1951 1,065 5 1,070 #238
1950 975 6 981 #241
1949 1,107 6 1,113 #222
1948 1,174 1,174 #212
1947 1,170 7 1,177 #218
1946 1,071 11 1,082 #219
1945 985 7 992 #199
1944 1,020 8 1,028 #197
1943 1,136 6 1,142 #192
1942 1,187 8 1,195 #185
1941 1,030 11 1,041 #183
1940 1,093 12 1,105 #176
1939 1,076 12 1,088 #176
1938 1,123 15 1,138 #179
1937 1,176 19 1,195 #172
1936 1,183 7 1,190 #166
1935 1,278 13 1,291 #158
1934 1,260 11 1,271 #158
1933 1,261 16 1,277 #150
1932 1,397 12 1,409 #145
1931 1,306 20 1,326 #148
1930 1,465 15 1,480 #145
1929 1,510 17 1,527 #148
1928 1,653 13 1,666 #140
1927 1,789 16 1,805 #139
1926 1,860 20 1,880 #138
1925 2,025 26 2,051 #134
1924 2,051 14 2,065 #135
1923 1,930 11 1,941 #134
1922 2,120 11 2,131 #122
1921 2,081 13 2,094 #126
1920 2,108 11 2,119 #121
1919 2,180 19 2,199 #111
1918 2,130 12 2,142 #113
1917 2,073 11 2,084 #109
1916 2,159 16 2,175 #103
1915 1,968 15 1,983 #103
1914 1,798 10 1,808 #91
1913 1,517 10 1,527 #90
1912 1,580 7 1,587 #82
1911 1,281 8 1,289 #78
1910 1,381 9 1,390 #70
1909 1,276 6 1,282 #66
1908 1,239 10 1,249 #66
1907 1,283 11 1,294 #61
1906 1,188 6 1,194 #62
1905 1,288 7 1,295 #58
1904 1,280 6 1,286 #54
1903 1,252 9 1,261 #52
1902 1,376 1,376 #50
1901 1,247 5 1,252 #48
1900 1,711 6 1,717 #48
1899 1,346 8 1,354 #46
1898 1,371 5 1,376 #47
1897 1,365 6 1,371 #46
1896 1,388 8 1,396 #45
1895 1,463 1,463 #42
1894 1,452 6 1,458 #39
1893 1,451 13 1,464 #36
1892 1,588 5 1,593 #35
1891 1,342 8 1,350 #36
1890 1,510 8 1,518 #29
1889 1,547 6 1,553 #27
1888 1,647 6 1,653 #24
1887 1,344 1,344 #23
1886 1,396 7 1,403 #21
1885 1,283 5 1,288 #22
1884 1,245 5 1,250 #22
1883 1,108 1,108 #21
1882 1,037 6 1,043 #22
1881 958 6 964 #20
1880 949 8 957 #20