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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |