How Many People Are Named Carry?
people named Carry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 403,524 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,659 babies named Carry in Social Security records from 1881 to 2001, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 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 Carry in English. Counting Carry and these spellings together, about 259,970 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Carry, 76.1% were girls and 23.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Carry fell from 100% in the 1900s to 81.5% in the 1980s. It was lowest in the 1950s, at 54.5%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carry alive today is about 54 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carry first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1975, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2001.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2001
🏆 Rank History
Carry has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #740, in 1884. Among boys, its best rank was #1,106, in 1894.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #740 (1884) | #1,106 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,102 in the 1970s | #3,063 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carry were born in California than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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