Cary*
#672 most common boys' name of all time · #1,505 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#672
Rank overall
#1,505 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
29,827
Since 2016
319
Peak year
1959 #283
Best rank
#264 1966
Girls
Boys
peak 906/yr
Cary 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 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,660 |
| 2024 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #3,525 |
| 2023 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,458 |
| 2022 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,216 |
| 2021 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,913 |
| 2020 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,921 |
| 2019 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,944 |
| 2018 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,477 |
| 2017 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #3,518 |
| 2016 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,233 |
| 2015 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,431 |
| 2014 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #4,314 |
| 2012 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #3,717 |
| 2011 | 9 | 29 | 38 | #3,607 |
| 2010 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #4,100 |
| 2009 | 7 | 25 | 32 | #4,036 |
| 2008 | 7 | 34 | 41 | #3,286 |
| 2007 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #3,188 |
| 2006 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,686 |
| 2005 | 14 | 30 | 44 | #3,321 |
| 2004 | 11 | 34 | 45 | #2,956 |
| 2003 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,579 |
| 2002 | 8 | 34 | 42 | #2,756 |
| 2001 | 13 | 49 | 62 | #2,117 |
| 2000 | 19 | 53 | 72 | #1,944 |
| 1999 | 16 | 47 | 63 | #2,024 |
| 1998 | 18 | 81 | 99 | #1,407 |
| 1997 | 23 | 81 | 104 | #1,367 |
| 1996 | 27 | 65 | 92 | #1,534 |
| 1995 | 22 | 87 | 109 | #1,244 |
| 1994 | 24 | 105 | 129 | #1,098 |
| 1993 | 25 | 113 | 138 | #1,038 |
| 1992 | 31 | 125 | 156 | #961 |
| 1991 | 34 | 143 | 177 | #882 |
| 1990 | 47 | 157 | 204 | #812 |
| 1989 | 47 | 172 | 219 | #752 |
| 1988 | 41 | 161 | 202 | #746 |
| 1987 | 40 | 177 | 217 | #684 |
| 1986 | 45 | 182 | 227 | #665 |
| 1985 | 64 | 197 | 261 | #625 |
| 1984 | 65 | 179 | 244 | #643 |
| 1983 | 82 | 157 | 239 | #682 |
| 1982 | 76 | 177 | 253 | #653 |
| 1981 | 97 | 186 | 283 | #628 |
| 1980 | 85 | 195 | 280 | #627 |
| 1979 | 101 | 198 | 299 | #610 |
| 1978 | 131 | 231 | 362 | #547 |
| 1977 | 165 | 270 | 435 | #496 |
| 1976 | 183 | 325 | 508 | #430 |
| 1975 | 204 | 360 | 564 | #405 |
| 1974 | 177 | 306 | 483 | #459 |
| 1973 | 154 | 385 | 539 | #396 |
| 1972 | 156 | 411 | 567 | #389 |
| 1971 | 186 | 543 | 729 | #336 |
| 1970 | 155 | 570 | 725 | #331 |
| 1969 | 129 | 622 | 751 | #304 |
| 1968 | 125 | 663 | 788 | #287 |
| 1967 | 110 | 629 | 739 | #290 |
| 1966 | 72 | 763 | 835 | #264 |
| 1965 | 78 | 689 | 767 | #286 |
| 1964 | 74 | 749 | 823 | #282 |
| 1963 | 119 | 764 | 883 | #279 |
| 1962 | 107 | 784 | 891 | #275 |
| 1961 | 121 | 624 | 745 | #315 |
| 1960 | 118 | 760 | 878 | #286 |
| 1959 | 127 | 779 | 906 | #283 |
| 1958 | 127 | 583 | 710 | #315 |
| 1957 | 114 | 788 | 902 | #268 |
| 1956 | 125 | 556 | 681 | #315 |
| 1955 | 81 | 490 | 571 | #335 |
| 1954 | 72 | 510 | 582 | #317 |
| 1953 | 75 | 407 | 482 | #342 |
| 1952 | 51 | 462 | 513 | #324 |
| 1951 | 41 | 442 | 483 | #327 |
| 1950 | 40 | 443 | 483 | #323 |
| 1949 | 44 | 447 | 491 | #325 |
| 1948 | 34 | 436 | 470 | #319 |
| 1947 | 34 | 357 | 391 | #362 |
| 1946 | 30 | 305 | 335 | #370 |
| 1945 | 21 | 237 | 258 | #388 |
| 1944 | 24 | 248 | 272 | #381 |
| 1943 | 29 | 261 | 290 | #380 |
| 1942 | 19 | 207 | 226 | #425 |
| 1941 | 11 | 175 | 186 | #445 |
| 1940 | 21 | 134 | 155 | #501 |
| 1939 | 20 | 97 | 117 | #581 |
| 1938 | 15 | 99 | 114 | #595 |
| 1937 | 8 | 73 | 81 | #703 |
| 1936 | 22 | 80 | 102 | #656 |
| 1935 | 15 | 61 | 76 | #790 |
| 1934 | 12 | 58 | 70 | #824 |
| 1933 | 14 | 55 | 69 | #838 |
| 1932 | 15 | 43 | 58 | #1,009 |
| 1931 | 8 | 47 | 55 | #961 |
| 1930 | 11 | 53 | 64 | #916 |
| 1929 | 13 | 44 | 57 | #1,028 |
| 1928 | 12 | 44 | 56 | #1,047 |
| 1927 | 19 | 55 | 74 | #926 |
| 1926 | 9 | 42 | 51 | #1,094 |
| 1925 | 19 | 52 | 71 | #933 |
| 1924 | 16 | 59 | 75 | #908 |
| 1923 | 17 | 59 | 76 | #884 |
| 1922 | 13 | 60 | 73 | #892 |
| 1921 | 12 | 75 | 87 | #773 |
| 1920 | 12 | 61 | 73 | #878 |
| 1919 | 21 | 57 | 78 | #879 |
| 1918 | 21 | 50 | 71 | #943 |
| 1917 | 14 | 56 | 70 | #856 |
| 1916 | 14 | 42 | 56 | #984 |
| 1915 | 12 | 53 | 65 | #849 |
| 1914 | 10 | 32 | 42 | #987 |
| 1913 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #931 |
| 1912 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | — | 21 | 21 | #691 |
| 1910 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #605 |
| 1909 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #538 |
| 1908 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #754 |
| 1907 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #710 |
| 1906 | — | 16 | 16 | #595 |
| 1905 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #675 |
| 1904 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #698 |
| 1903 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #792 |
| 1902 | — | 12 | 12 | #660 |
| 1901 | — | 10 | 10 | #695 |
| 1900 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #753 |
| 1899 | — | 8 | 8 | #806 |
| 1898 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #709 |
| 1897 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #660 |
| 1896 | — | 21 | 21 | #431 |
| 1895 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #647 |
| 1894 | — | 18 | 18 | #470 |
| 1893 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #466 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #648 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #716 |
| 1890 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #682 |
| 1889 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #590 |
| 1888 | — | 16 | 16 | #488 |
| 1887 | — | 9 | 9 | #637 |
| 1886 | — | 13 | 13 | #518 |
| 1885 | — | 17 | 17 | #450 |
| 1884 | — | 9 | 9 | #669 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #602 |
| 1882 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #517 |
| 1881 | — | 12 | 12 | #507 |
| 1880 | — | 17 | 17 | #430 |