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.

Karey**

#3,625 most common girls' name of all time · #6,188 across all names · 21% male / 79% female · used 1937–2015 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,625
Rank overall
#6,188 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
2,771
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #1,019
Best rank
#1,019 1975
Girls Boys peak 133/yr
1940196019802000

Karey first appears in 1937. 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
2015 5 5 #16,722
2009 5 5
2008 5 5 #17,794
2005 5 5 #16,755
2004 6 6 #14,390
2003 7 7 #12,597
2002 6 6 12 #13,820
2001 7 7 #12,265
2000 6 6 #13,404
1999 9 5 14 #9,626
1998 13 13 #7,184
1997 9 5 14 #9,158
1996 28 6 34 #3,864
1995 10 7 17 #8,210
1994 22 8 30 #4,557
1993 18 10 28 #5,257
1992 26 11 37 #3,998
1991 15 12 27 #6,021
1990 26 13 39 #3,929
1989 24 11 35 #4,054
1988 17 5 22 #4,897
1987 20 12 32 #4,160
1986 29 16 45 #3,158
1985 21 10 31 #3,906
1984 35 9 44 #2,650
1983 43 43 #2,256
1982 63 8 71 #1,761
1981 57 16 73 #1,900
1980 70 7 77 #1,650
1979 58 8 66 #1,848
1978 71 9 80 #1,549
1977 115 7 122 #1,113
1976 109 14 123 #1,109
1975 119 14 133 #1,019
1974 92 17 109 #1,207
1973 88 11 99 #1,215
1972 90 5 95 #1,200
1971 80 9 89 #1,344
1970 80 14 94 #1,326
1969 56 18 74 #1,602
1968 82 11 93 #1,206
1967 62 15 77 #1,407
1966 44 16 60 #1,712
1965 35 11 46 #1,973
1964 38 8 46 #1,937
1963 32 16 48 #2,119
1962 38 19 57 #1,884
1961 35 20 55 #1,989
1960 32 22 54 #2,048
1959 36 15 51 #1,874
1958 33 7 40 #1,933
1957 27 11 38 #2,159
1956 22 11 33 #2,442
1955 21 14 35 #2,461
1954 18 7 25 #2,669
1953 7 10 17 #4,866
1952 7 13 20 #4,767
1951 14 8 22 #2,909
1950 10 6 16 #3,619
1949 6 6
1948 8 6 14 #4,128
1947 5 8 13 #5,823
1946 5 5 10 #5,488
1945 5 5 #5,099
1944 6 6 #4,473
1943 6 6
1941 5 5 #4,976
1937 5 5