Karly
#1,539 most common girls' name of all time · #2,664 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among girls
#1,539
Rank overall
#2,664 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
10,871
Since 2016
990
Peak year
1993 #560
Best rank
#559 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 427/yr
Karly first appears in 1972. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,622 |
| 2024 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,573 |
| 2023 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,567 |
| 2022 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,332 |
| 2021 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,569 |
| 2020 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,146 |
| 2019 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,905 |
| 2018 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,736 |
| 2017 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,476 |
| 2016 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,343 |
| 2015 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,333 |
| 2014 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,339 |
| 2013 | 253 | — | 253 | #992 |
| 2012 | 218 | — | 218 | #1,129 |
| 2011 | 256 | — | 256 | #993 |
| 2010 | 288 | — | 288 | #908 |
| 2009 | 290 | — | 290 | #923 |
| 2008 | 342 | — | 342 | #831 |
| 2007 | 262 | — | 262 | #1,014 |
| 2006 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,032 |
| 2005 | 329 | — | 329 | #791 |
| 2004 | 341 | — | 341 | #765 |
| 2003 | 303 | — | 303 | #819 |
| 2002 | 297 | — | 297 | #792 |
| 2001 | 323 | — | 323 | #740 |
| 2000 | 336 | — | 336 | #698 |
| 1999 | 344 | — | 344 | #666 |
| 1998 | 370 | — | 370 | #631 |
| 1997 | 355 | — | 355 | #633 |
| 1996 | 383 | — | 383 | #597 |
| 1995 | 378 | — | 378 | #596 |
| 1994 | 398 | — | 398 | #577 |
| 1993 | 427 | — | 427 | #560 |
| 1992 | 421 | — | 421 | #559 |
| 1991 | 373 | — | 373 | #605 |
| 1990 | 217 | — | 217 | #892 |
| 1989 | 186 | — | 186 | #954 |
| 1988 | 174 | — | 174 | #959 |
| 1987 | 179 | — | 179 | #927 |
| 1986 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,109 |
| 1985 | 163 | — | 163 | #956 |
| 1984 | 150 | — | 150 | #967 |
| 1983 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,143 |
| 1982 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,170 |
| 1981 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,226 |
| 1980 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,327 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,769 |
| 1978 | 70 | 5 | 75 | #1,568 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,829 |
| 1976 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,026 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,611 |
| 1974 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,880 |
| 1973 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,829 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,465 |