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