Kary peaked in the US in 1972 at #1,325, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Kary as a girl’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2023
#11,169 (8)
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2022
#13,592 (6)
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2021
#11,146 (8)
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2020
#15,088 (5)
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2019
#13,799 (6)
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2017
#15,902 (5)
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2016
#10,859 (9)
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2015
#9,481 (11)
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2014
#13,069 (7)
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2013
#16,547 (5)
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2012
#10,429 (10)
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2011
#9,723 (11)
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2010
#12,276 (8)
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2009
#9,379 (12)
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2008
#7,408 (17)
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Kary as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2005
#10,151 (6)
2002
#10,667 (5)
1999
#7,139 (8)
1997
#6,100 (9)
1996
#5,982 (9)
1995
#6,992 (7)
1994
#6,968 (7)
1993
#4,697 (12)
1992
#5,236 (10)
1991
#4,760 (11)
1990
#3,607 (16)
1989
#3,618 (15)
1988
#2,509 (23)
1987
#3,959 (11)
1986
#2,779 (18)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1972 at #1,325.
First recorded in the US in 1936.
In 2002, 80% of US babies named Kary were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.