How Many People Are Named Carley?
people named Carley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,657 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,328 babies named Carley in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
718 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of CARL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Carley in English. Counting Carley and these spellings together, about 120,764 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Carley, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Carley rose from 60.8% in the 1920s to 100% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1950s, at 47.6%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carley alive today is about 26 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carley first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1998, to 718 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #376, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #2,725.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,725 |
| Best rank | #376 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #446 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,235 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carley was given 3.3 times as often in Mississippi, 2.3 times in Alabama and 2 times in Louisiana.
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