NameTides

Carly

Carly was the #1,008 girls' name in the US in 2025 (248 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Carly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Carly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Carly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,008 (248)#3,333 (7)#539 (5)——#2,282 (9)—
2024#875 (308)#3,016 (8)#541 (5)—#372 (10)#1,153 (22)—
2023#780 (361)#2,504 (10)#365 (9)—#445 (8)#1,419 (16)—
2022#778 (366)#2,674 (9)#470 (6)#354 (4)#317 (13)#1,252 (19)—
2021#664 (447)#2,201 (12)#485 (6)—#517 (7)#947 (29)—
2020#621 (471)#1,939 (14)#399 (8)—#336 (12)#745 (38)—
2019#567 (536)#1,854 (15)#267 (14)#336 (4)#325 (13)#854 (32)—
2018#478 (655)#1,234 (27)#208 (21)#218 (8)#200 (25)#646 (46)—
2017#455 (695)#949 (39)#139 (35)#296 (5)#184 (28)#584 (53)—
2016#413 (807)#1,142 (30)#140 (35)#211 (9)#302 (15)#542 (58)—
2015#389 (846)#942 (38)#101 (46)#248 (7)#185 (30)#470 (70)—
2014#357 (916)#740 (53)#104 (45)#178 (11)#253 (20)#475 (69)—
2013#321 (1,019)#650 (63)#79 (62)#150 (13)#172 (33)#433 (74)—
2012#285 (1,110)#647 (64)#83 (60)#187 (10)#225 (24)#408 (77)—
2011#248 (1,277)#494 (86)#83 (62)#154 (14)#170 (34)#335 (99)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #122.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 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 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Carly is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 8,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Carly 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: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #959FL
Carly (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Carly (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CarlyCanadaGirls#2,2829
CarlyEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
CarlyIrelandGirls—too few
CarlyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CarlyNSWGirls—too few
CarlyScotlandGirls#5395
CarlyUSGirls#1,008248
CarlyUSBoys—too few