How Many People Are Named Cary?
people named Cary are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,543 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,827 babies named Cary in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
906 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CAREY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cary in English. Counting Cary 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 Cary, 19.8% were girls and 80.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 8.6% of the babies were girls then and 2.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cary alive today is about 56 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cary first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 906 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cary has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #264, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #3,675. Among girls, its best rank was #722, in 1975.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,675 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #264 (1966) | #722 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #291 in the 1960s | #855 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cary alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cary were born in California than in any other state: about 2,370 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cary was given about 1.6 times as often in Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas.
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