NameTides

Carley

Carley was the #2,719 girls' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies).

Carley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Carley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUS
Carley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,719 (63)———#885 (3)—
2024#3,047 (53)#5,892 (3)———#2,975 (6)
2023#2,757 (62)#5,688 (3)————
2022#2,193 (86)———#905 (3)—
2021#1,680 (123)————#2,616 (7)
2020#1,818 (108)————#1,662 (13)
2019#1,585 (134)————#2,025 (10)
2018#1,451 (151)#4,684 (4)——#734 (4)#3,286 (5)
2017#1,505 (147)#3,229 (7)——#471 (8)#2,374 (8)
2016#1,371 (171)#4,096 (5)#675 (4)—#661 (5)#1,533 (15)
2015#1,106 (234)#3,615 (6)#653 (4)—#494 (8)#1,499 (15)
2014#1,079 (237)#2,862 (8)#603 (5)—#536 (7)#1,395 (17)
2013#882 (293)#2,649 (9)#506 (6)—#587 (6)#1,305 (18)
2012#939 (272)#2,338 (11)#580 (5)——#2,338 (8)
2011#896 (291)#2,150 (12)#674 (4)——#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #389.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Carley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 37,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 54,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Carley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Carley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CarleyCanadaGirls—too few
CarleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CarleyIrelandGirls#8853
CarleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CarleyScotlandGirls—too few
CarleyUSGirls#2,71963
CarleyUSBoys—too few