Carly Girl
How popular is Carly?
#1,008 girl name in 2025
248 baby girls were named Carly in the US in 2025, making it the 1008th most popular girl name.
Carly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,008 for girls (▼ 133 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 248 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #389 in 2015, #621 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (2,585 girls) |
| Highest rank | #122 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carly 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 Carly is most popular
Babies named Carly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 0.5 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Iowa: 0.4 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Indiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (59 girls)
Carly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 24 | #4,482 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1970s | 2,980 | #345 |
| 1980s | 12,475 | #175 |
| 1990s | 22,791 | #122 |
| 2000s | 16,688 | #169 |
| 2010s | 9,300 | #218 |
| 2020s | 2,201 | #621 |
Girl names about as popular as Carly
Questions
- Is Carly a boy or girl name?
- Carly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carly were girls.
- How popular is the name Carly?
- 248 baby girls were named Carly in the US in 2025, making it the 1008th most popular girl name.
- When was Carly most popular?
- Carly peaked in 1995, when 2,585 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #122 in 1995.
- How many people are named Carly?
- 66,626 babies have been named Carly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 65,538 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Carly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carly was most common in New Hampshire, at 0.5 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.