How Many People Are Named Carlie?

14,644

people named Carlie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 23,339 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,311 babies named Carlie in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,946

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,056

See the top 100

Peak Year

2004

593 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: KAHR-lee
Gender: Primarily Female

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 Carlie in English. Counting Carlie and these spellings together, about 120,764 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
97.1%
Male
2.9%

Of the babies given the name Carlie, 97.1% were girls and 2.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Carlie rose from 46.1% in the 1910s to 100% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1920s, at 35%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Carlie alive today is about 26 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 32 in 2025.

Under 30 10,063
68.7%
30 to 59 4,067
27.8%
60 and over 514
3.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Carlie first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2004, to 593 babies. In 2025, 65 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Carlie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #469, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #2,657.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,657
Best rank#469 (1998)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#587 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Carlie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Carlie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,015 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carlie was given 2.2 times as often in Alabama, 2.2 times in Louisiana and 2 times in Kentucky.

Texas 1,015
California 990
Ohio 711
Florida 593
Illinois 502
Pennsylvania 499
Georgia 497
Michigan 472
New York 468
Tennessee 438
North Carolina 428
Indiana 405
Louisiana 381
Missouri 375
Alabama 359
Kentucky 278
New Jersey 275
Utah 256
Minnesota 223
Wisconsin 219
Virginia 217
Oklahoma 213
Mississippi 201
Washington 188
Maryland 184
South Carolina 175
Arizona 163
Iowa 153
Colorado 139
Kansas 136
Arkansas 134
West Virginia 102
Oregon 95
Nebraska 94
Massachusetts 79
Idaho 53
Connecticut 41
North Dakota 16
Nevada 11
Alaska 9
South Dakota 7
Vermont 5
Maine 5

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