Karly Girl
How popular is Karly?
#2,607 girl name in 2025
66 baby girls were named Karly in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
Karly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,607 for girls (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,329 in 2015, #2,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (427 girls) |
| Highest rank | #558 in 1992 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| 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 |
Karly 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 Karly is most popular
Babies named Karly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Karly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 344 | #1,558 |
| 1980s | 1,424 | #924 |
| 1990s | 3,666 | #558 |
| 2000s | 3,072 | #697 |
| 2010s | 1,923 | #907 |
| 2020s | 437 | #2,135 |
Girl names about as popular as Karly
Questions
- Is Karly a boy or girl name?
- Karly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karly were girls.
- How popular is the name Karly?
- 66 baby girls were named Karly in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
- When was Karly most popular?
- Karly peaked in 1993, when 427 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #558, held for 2 years starting in 1992.
- How many people are named Karly?
- 10,871 babies have been named Karly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,714 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Karly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karly was most common in California, 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.