How Many People Are Named Karly?
people named Karly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,957 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,871 babies named Karly in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
427 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CARLY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Karly in English. Counting Karly and these spellings together, about 120,764 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Karly in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karly alive today is about 25 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karly first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 1993, to 427 babies. In 2025, 66 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #558, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #2,631.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,631 |
| Best rank | #558 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #624 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karly were born in California than in any other state: about 1,251 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karly was given 1.8 times as often in Michigan, 1.8 times in Utah and 1.7 times in Iowa.
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