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.

Carry*

#5,060 most common girls' name of all time · #8,574 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1881–2001 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#5,060
Rank overall
#8,574 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
1,659
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #2,237
Best rank
#770 1884
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
190019201940196019802000

Carry first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2001 8 8 #11,039
2000 5 5 #15,070
1998 8 8 #10,150
1996 7 7 #10,599
1994 6 6 #11,816
1992 8 8 #9,530
1991 15 15 #5,968
1990 10 6 16 #7,907
1989 10 5 15 #7,475
1988 12 12 #6,302
1987 15 15 #5,088
1986 15 6 21 #4,979
1985 15 15 #4,867
1984 13 13 #5,236
1983 11 11 #5,856
1982 22 5 27 #3,664
1981 16 6 22 #4,551
1980 16 11 27 #4,532
1979 19 19 #3,913
1978 20 20 #3,648
1977 26 26 #3,011
1976 26 26 #2,873
1975 37 6 43 #2,237
1974 14 5 19 #4,238
1973 21 6 27 #3,132
1972 24 10 34 #2,826
1971 23 11 34 #2,963
1970 22 8 30 #3,042
1969 11 9 20 #4,440
1968 18 18 #3,073
1967 14 11 25 #3,502
1966 11 8 19 #3,981
1965 9 9 18 #4,522
1964 15 14 29 #3,397
1963 7 8 15 #5,343
1962 8 10 18 #4,885
1961 13 13 #3,626
1960 8 10 18 #4,807
1959 11 9 20 #3,855
1958 12 11 23 #3,569
1957 9 12 21 #4,240
1956 10 10 #3,931
1955 8 8
1954 7 6 13 #4,691
1953 5 5 10 #5,718
1952 8 8 #4,155
1951 6 5 11 #4,874
1950 5 5 10 #5,336
1949 5 5 #5,292
1948 5 9 14 #5,299
1947 11 6 17 #3,267
1946 8 5 13 #3,696
1945 7 7
1944 5 5
1943 7 7 #3,832
1942 6 6 #4,167
1941 6 6 #4,008
1940 11 5 16 #2,601
1939 12 12 #2,446
1938 7 7 #3,487
1937 6 6 #3,837
1936 8 8 #3,134
1935 10 10 #2,761
1934 10 10 #2,759
1933 8 8 #3,144
1932 11 11 #2,670
1931 10 5 15 #2,784
1930 10 10 #2,876
1929 16 5 21 #2,113
1928 12 12 #2,651
1927 13 5 18 #2,574
1926 22 22 #1,841
1925 16 16 #2,304
1924 13 6 19 #2,679
1923 16 16 #2,278
1922 20 20 #1,975
1921 18 6 24 #2,137
1920 24 24 #1,714
1919 24 24 #1,661
1918 23 23 #1,708
1917 20 6 26 #1,787
1916 18 18 #1,886
1915 18 18 #1,817
1914 18 18 #1,559
1913 18 18 #1,371
1912 7 7 #2,397
1911 15 15 #1,194
1910 15 15 #1,184
1909 8 8 #1,647
1908 12 12 #1,214
1907 16 16 #967
1906 15 15 #982
1905 12 12 #1,113
1904 10 10 #1,185
1903 13 13 #996
1902 10 10 #1,160
1901 6 6 #1,507
1900 12 12 #1,132
1899 9 9 #1,129
1898 8 8 #1,291
1897 5 5 #1,591
1896 10 10 #1,079
1895 11 11 #1,015
1894 12 5 17 #931
1893 6 6 #1,316
1892 8 8 #1,118
1891 5 5 #1,369
1890 6 6 #1,242
1889 10 10 #875
1888 7 7 #1,072
1885 5 5 #1,094
1884 9 9 #770
1881 6 6 #801