Carys Girl

How popular is Carys?

#4,351 girl name in 2025

32 baby girls were named Carys in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.

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2,309living people named Carys (est.)
17median age of people named Carys
2,327babies named Carys since 1880
1 in 103,604US babies born in 2025

Carys popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#4,351 for girls (▲ 316 from 2024)
Babies in 202532 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-61% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,278 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020
Peak year2006 (196 girls)
Highest rank#1,227 in 2006
First recorded1991
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Carys counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karis family of names ranked #1,180 for girls in 2025 (#1,222 the year before), with 155 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Karis 94 61%
Carys 32 21%
Caris 15 10%
Karys 6 4%
Kairis 8 5%

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 Carys is most popular

Babies named Carys per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)

Carys by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s82#5,864
2000s1,123#1,227
2010s933#1,571
2020s189#3,763

Girl names about as popular as Carys

Questions

Is Carys a boy or girl name?
Carys is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carys were girls.
How popular is the name Carys?
32 baby girls were named Carys in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
When was Carys most popular?
Carys peaked in 2006, when 196 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,227 in 2006.
How many people are named Carys?
2,327 babies have been named Carys in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,309 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
Where is Carys most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Carys was most common in Florida, at 0.0 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.