Cary Name Popularity

Charts | Table | About | By Year

How popular is Cary?

Ranking 4,477th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Cary is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Cary has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #264 in 1966.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1957 with 787 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Cary was 8 in 1899.

Approximately during the years 1891-1894, 1903-1909, 1911-1915, 1918-1921, 1932-1943, 1944-1948, and 1953-1957, the name Cary took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1880-1883, 1923-1926, 1971-1974, 1975-1979, 1989-1996, and 1998-2002 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Cary has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Cary be?

Cary's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. however, the number of children named Cary lately has remained about the same.

The name Cary is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Cary has fallen out of favor as a given name.

*Mouse over the charts or scroll down to the table for data details.

Mouse over or Click

for Percentages.

		Cary (Girl)		Cary (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		5	16,067	22	4,477
2017		5	16,311	31	3,517
2016		< 5	--	35	3,235
2015		< 5	--	32	3,437
2014		7	13,324	21	4,554
2013		6	14,958	22	4,341
2012		5	17,375	27	3,812
2011		9	11,350	29	3,614
2010		7	13,738	24	4,119
2009		7	13,973	25	4,049
2008		7	14,111	34	3,293
2007		8	12,895	35	3,195
2006		< 5	--	27	3,692
2005		14	7,973	30	3,328
2004		11	9,370	34	2,956
2003		< 5	--	39	2,583
2002		8	11,315	34	2,762
2001		13	7,814	49	2,120
2000		19	5,743	53	1,945
1999		16	6,241	47	2,029
1998		18	5,614	81	1,407
1997		23	4,532	81	1,366
1996		27	3,958	65	1,537
1995		22	4,547	87	1,245
1994		24	4,264	105	1,096
1993		25	4,121	113	1,038
1992		31	3,511	125	963
1991		34	3,217	142	886
1990		47	2,530	157	814
1989		47	2,451	172	751
1988		41	2,604	161	746
1987		40	2,535	177	681
1986		45	2,270	182	666
1985		64	1,764	197	625
1984		65	1,686	179	643
1983		82	1,425	157	683
1982		76	1,554	177	652
1981		97	1,303	186	629
1980		84	1,447	195	626
1979		101	1,263	197	610
1978		131	1,037	231	547
1977		165	872	270	495
1976		183	781	326	429
1975		204	722	359	405
1974		177	778	306	459
1973		154	843	385	396
1972		156	837	411	388
1971		186	781	543	337
1970		155	863	570	331
1969		129	937	622	304
1968		124	931	663	286
1967		111	970	629	291
1966		72	1,274	763	264
1965		78	1,217	689	286
1964		75	1,280	749	282
1963		119	972	764	279
1962		107	1,044	785	275
1961		121	984	626	314
1960		118	990	760	286
1959		127	928	778	283
1958		127	913	585	314
1957		113	975	787	268
1956		125	894	555	315
1955		81	1,106	491	335
1954		72	1,181	509	319
1953		75	1,121	406	343
1952		51	1,353	462	324
1951		41	1,465	442	327
1950		40	1,453	443	324
1949		44	1,395	447	325
1948		34	1,604	436	319
1947		34	1,637	357	362
1946		30	1,627	305	371
1945		21	1,833	237	387
1944		24	1,703	249	380
1943		29	1,560	260	380
1942		19	1,988	207	425
1941		11	2,693	175	443
1940		21	1,750	134	501
1939		20	1,749	97	581
1938		15	2,125	99	591
1937		8	3,184	73	700
1936		22	1,598	80	652
1935		15	2,115	61	792
1934		12	2,442	58	822
1933		14	2,174	55	836
1932		15	2,152	43	1,007
1931		8	3,267	47	960
1930		11	2,712	53	917
1929		13	2,458	44	1,027
1928		12	2,640	44	1,043
1927		19	2,035	55	929
1926		9	3,297	42	1,092
1925		19	2,038	52	933
1924		16	2,327	59	907
1923		17	2,190	59	884
1922		13	2,633	60	892
1921		12	2,789	75	773
1920		12	2,752	61	878
1919		21	1,810	57	879
1918		21	1,815	50	946
1917		14	2,333	56	856
1916		14	2,271	42	988
1915		12	2,410	53	847
1914		10	2,291	32	987
1913		11	1,908	28	932
1912		12	1,632	20	1,029
1911		< 5	--	21	694
1910		8	1,795	23	602
1909		5	2,258	24	532
1908		5	2,162	13	749
1907		6	1,867	14	706
1906		< 5	--	16	594
1905		8	1,438	13	671
1904		5	1,930	12	692
1903		12	1,038	9	797
1902		< 5	--	12	657
1901		< 5	--	10	687
1900		5	1,976	12	752
1899		< 5	--	8	795
1898		5	1,742	10	706
1897		6	1,407	11	656
1896		< 5	--	21	426
1895		6	1,449	11	644
1894		< 5	--	18	468
1893		6	1,303	16	462
1892		< 5	--	11	648
1891		< 5	--	8	715
1890		7	1,115	9	675
1889		5	1,313	11	592
1888		< 5	--	16	486
1887		< 5	--	9	641
1886		< 5	--	13	519
1885		< 5	--	17	443
1884		< 5	--	9	670
1883		< 5	--	10	604
1882		7	753	13	517
1881		< 5	--	12	507
1880		< 5	--	17	429

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.