Karly
Karly is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 69 births. Its best rank was 558th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 690.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1993427 births
- Best rank
- #558in 1992
- Since 1972
- 10,800people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,800 girls have been named Karly in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 427 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Karly was the 559th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Karly
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karlipeak 1994
- Nhipeak 1999
- Carlipeak 1996
- Yanetpeak 2004
- Briennapeak 1992
- Alejandrapeak 1994
- Kristiannapeak 1994
- Keyannapeak 1995
Other spellings in the data
- Carly66,214 ever
- Charlee18,967 ever
- Carley17,269 ever
- Carlie16,245 ever
- Karlee13,541 ever
- Carlee13,184 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.