How Many People Are Named Karey?
people named Karey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 136,604 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,771 babies named Karey in Social Security records from 1937 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
133 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Karey, 80.6% were girls and 19.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 65.7% of the babies were girls then and 69.6% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karey alive today is about 50 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karey first appears in the records in 1937 and was given most often in 1975, to 133 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1937 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Karey has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,015, in 1975. Among boys, its best rank was #1,747, in 1960.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,015 (1975) | #1,747 (1960) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,276 in the 1970s | #2,073 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karey were born in California than in any other state: about 149 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karey was given 2.7 times as often in California, 2.6 times in Ohio and 1.6 times in Texas.
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