Carley Girl
How popular is Carley?
#2,719 girl name in 2025
63 baby girls were named Carley in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
Carley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,719 for girls (▲ 328 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,106 in 2015, #1,818 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (713 girls) |
| Highest rank | #376 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carly family of names ranked #295 for girls in 2025 (#272 the year before), with 1,113 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carly | 248 | 22% |
| Karlee | 103 | 9% |
| Karlie | 85 | 8% |
| Carlee | 101 | 9% |
| Carlie | 65 | 6% |
| Karleigh | 45 | 4% |
| Carleigh | 67 | 6% |
| Carley | 63 | 6% |
| Karely | 74 | 7% |
| Karley | 46 | 4% |
| Karly | 66 | 6% |
| Karli | 64 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carley is most popular
Babies named Carley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Carley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 129 | #1,622 |
| 1930s | 112 | #2,125 |
| 1940s | 78 | #2,423 |
| 1950s | 60 | #3,422 |
| 1960s | 38 | #4,881 |
| 1970s | 443 | #1,464 |
| 1980s | 1,776 | #725 |
| 1990s | 5,912 | #376 |
| 2000s | 5,585 | #411 |
| 2010s | 2,290 | #757 |
| 2020s | 495 | #1,680 |
Girl names about as popular as Carley
Questions
- Is Carley a boy or girl name?
- Carley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carley were girls.
- How popular is the name Carley?
- 63 baby girls were named Carley in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
- When was Carley most popular?
- Carley peaked in 1998, when 713 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #376 in 1996.
- How many people are named Carley?
- 17,328 babies have been named Carley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,587 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Carley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carley was most common in Mississippi, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.