How Many People Are Named Carey?
people named Carey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,895 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,621 babies named Carey in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,058 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of CIARDHA".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Carey in English. Counting Carey and these spellings together, about 127,961 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Carey, 49.7% were girls and 50.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Carey rose from 4% in the 1880s to 29.1% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1970s, at 67%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carey alive today is about 52 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carey first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1975, to 1,058 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #353, in 1957. In 2025 it ranked #6,515. Among girls, its best rank was #304, in 1975.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,515 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #353 (1957) | #304 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #381 in the 1950s | #392 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carey were born in California than in any other state: about 1,789 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carey was given 2.7 times as often in Georgia, 2.1 times in Louisiana and 2.1 times in Mississippi.
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