Kary**
#3,187 most common girls' name of all time · #5,452 across all names · 42% male / 58% female · used 1917–2023 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#3,187
Rank overall
#5,452 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
3,378
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1971 #1,510
Best rank
#1,330 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 108/yr
Kary first appears in 1917. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,271 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,745 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,267 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,285 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,943 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,097 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,955 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,548 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,194 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,758 |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,521 |
| 2011 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,395 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,439 |
| 2008 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,461 |
| 2007 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,448 |
| 2006 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,297 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,784 |
| 2003 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,260 |
| 2002 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #5,707 |
| 2001 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,210 |
| 2000 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,859 |
| 1999 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #6,895 |
| 1998 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,116 |
| 1997 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #6,220 |
| 1996 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #7,202 |
| 1995 | 22 | 7 | 29 | #4,547 |
| 1994 | 20 | 7 | 27 | #4,871 |
| 1993 | 23 | 12 | 35 | #4,413 |
| 1992 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #3,995 |
| 1991 | 17 | 11 | 28 | #5,441 |
| 1990 | 27 | 16 | 43 | #3,831 |
| 1989 | 27 | 15 | 42 | #3,699 |
| 1988 | 22 | 23 | 45 | #4,051 |
| 1987 | 24 | 11 | 35 | #3,650 |
| 1986 | 23 | 18 | 41 | #3,675 |
| 1985 | 34 | 25 | 59 | #2,765 |
| 1984 | 29 | 10 | 39 | #3,015 |
| 1983 | 37 | 14 | 51 | #2,486 |
| 1982 | 38 | 20 | 58 | #2,505 |
| 1981 | 40 | 21 | 61 | #2,422 |
| 1980 | 27 | 15 | 42 | #3,154 |
| 1979 | 47 | 21 | 68 | #2,126 |
| 1978 | 51 | 22 | 73 | #1,920 |
| 1977 | 64 | 30 | 94 | #1,649 |
| 1976 | 52 | 24 | 76 | #1,803 |
| 1975 | 65 | 23 | 88 | #1,550 |
| 1974 | 52 | 30 | 82 | #1,748 |
| 1973 | 45 | 18 | 63 | #1,871 |
| 1972 | 76 | 22 | 98 | #1,330 |
| 1971 | 67 | 41 | 108 | #1,510 |
| 1970 | 52 | 38 | 90 | #1,743 |
| 1969 | 38 | 38 | 76 | #2,040 |
| 1968 | 48 | 41 | 89 | #1,690 |
| 1967 | 60 | 34 | 94 | #1,435 |
| 1966 | 30 | 37 | 67 | #2,174 |
| 1965 | 24 | 41 | 65 | #2,498 |
| 1964 | 40 | 41 | 81 | #1,876 |
| 1963 | 42 | 50 | 92 | #1,805 |
| 1962 | 39 | 48 | 87 | #1,842 |
| 1961 | 53 | 38 | 91 | #1,563 |
| 1960 | 23 | 47 | 70 | #2,551 |
| 1959 | 30 | 39 | 69 | #2,083 |
| 1958 | 27 | 50 | 77 | #2,193 |
| 1957 | 31 | 32 | 63 | #1,975 |
| 1956 | 25 | 23 | 48 | #2,230 |
| 1955 | 23 | 26 | 49 | #2,319 |
| 1954 | 18 | 28 | 46 | #2,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #4,100 |
| 1952 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #3,045 |
| 1950 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1949 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #3,520 |
| 1948 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #3,753 |
| 1947 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #3,190 |
| 1946 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #4,210 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #4,346 |
| 1943 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #3,189 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,756 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,713 |
| 1937 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #4,598 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | — |