How Many People Are Named Carrie?
people named Carrie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,082 people in the US has this name
Based on 267,540 babies named Carrie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,688 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CAROLINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Carrie in English. Counting Carrie and these spellings together, about 259,970 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Carrie (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carrie alive today is about 51 years old, and 72% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carrie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1977, to 8,688 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carrie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #20, in 1880 to 1881, and it was in the top 100 in 53 years between 1880 and 1985. In 2025 it ranked #2,726.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,726 |
| Best rank | #20 (1880 to 1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 53 (1880 to 1985) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #41 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carrie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carrie were born in California than in any other state: about 14,016 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carrie was given 2.7 times as often in South Carolina, 2.1 times in Mississippi and 1.9 times in Alabama.
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