Carey Name Popularity

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How popular is Carey?

Ranking 10,661st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Carey is rare.

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

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #304 in 1975 with 757 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Carey was less than 5, most recently in 1911.

Approximately during the years 1932-1935, 1937-1942, 1945-1954, 1959-1962, and 1964-1975, the name Carey took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1978-1990, 1994-2002, and 2003-2006.

Sometimes the name Carey 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 Carey be?

Carey's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Carey for their newborn has risen.

The name Carey is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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

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		Carey (Girl)		Carey (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		9	10,661	22	4,476
2017		11	9,413	21	4,610
2016		6	14,666	24	4,202
2015		8	12,031	23	4,305
2014		15	7,723	21	4,552
2013		8	12,188	24	4,073
2012		11	9,832	28	3,727
2011		7	13,624	29	3,613
2010		18	6,967	26	3,905
2009		19	6,854	28	3,733
2008		8	12,798	27	3,838
2007		24	5,747	39	2,978
2006		15	7,942	32	3,314
2005		26	4,980	27	3,539
2004		22	5,601	33	3,027
2003		29	4,439	26	3,452
2002		28	4,405	49	2,158
2001		36	3,641	50	2,086
2000		39	3,409	40	2,383
1999		55	2,570	51	1,904
1998		51	2,655	45	2,070
1997		54	2,428	66	1,552
1996		63	2,152	73	1,422
1995		73	1,905	73	1,381
1994		96	1,586	81	1,297
1993		88	1,699	102	1,108
1992		100	1,550	125	962
1991		120	1,360	131	920
1990		96	1,577	141	860
1989		131	1,225	142	840
1988		121	1,229	167	732
1987		154	1,009	140	777
1986		153	1,005	157	722
1985		175	905	169	683
1984		201	794	156	699
1983		221	737	168	659
1982		255	686	171	666
1981		273	646	165	673
1980		341	545	168	666
1979		406	497	198	609
1978		534	391	224	559
1977		601	363	253	522
1976		693	323	257	498
1975		757	304	301	465
1974		659	336	298	464
1973		560	374	279	467
1972		481	410	282	467
1971		504	420	350	436
1970		410	488	324	453
1969		373	504	344	424
1968		324	529	338	418
1967		255	595	323	423
1966		164	764	308	435
1965		150	811	284	461
1964		152	845	332	442
1963		161	820	335	436
1962		183	768	324	441
1961		160	831	330	440
1960		137	896	369	413
1959		137	886	438	376
1958		151	824	400	391
1957		142	852	459	354
1956		158	784	365	395
1955		136	829	364	378
1954		136	807	401	361
1953		107	908	320	393
1952		81	1,047	339	370
1951		67	1,144	290	398
1950		68	1,116	272	409
1949		45	1,377	195	470
1948		52	1,269	232	439
1947		29	1,795	226	444
1946		31	1,590	173	487
1945		16	2,163	132	520
1944		30	1,492	138	515
1943		28	1,598	130	551
1942		30	1,499	132	531
1941		22	1,701	104	579
1940		13	2,319	96	603
1939		14	2,219	85	641
1938		17	1,953	102	579
1937		13	2,332	86	631
1936		19	1,744	81	644
1935		19	1,791	80	664
1934		14	2,202	93	618
1933		14	2,172	61	784
1932		12	2,518	76	708
1931		15	2,122	58	825
1930		7	3,708	65	803
1929		8	3,432	81	685
1928		6	4,264	60	855
1927		13	2,573	70	787
1926		13	2,586	79	715
1925		14	2,504	65	823
1924		16	2,324	66	839
1923		15	2,376	68	816
1922		7	4,067	85	710
1921		11	2,966	68	835
1920		16	2,286	63	854
1919		18	1,997	77	721
1918		5	4,922	58	871
1917		12	2,575	80	668
1916		14	2,269	64	763
1915		12	2,406	59	785
1914		13	1,913	68	609
1913		10	2,048	39	748
1912		7	2,409	36	715
1911		< 5	--	14	900
1910		6	2,182	25	570
1909		< 5	--	13	809
1908		< 5	--	17	635
1907		< 5	--	11	825
1906		6	1,759	15	619
1905		7	1,561	19	529
1904		< 5	--	17	542
1903		< 5	--	16	553
1902		5	1,826	12	656
1901		< 5	--	11	641
1900		< 5	--	26	447
1899		6	1,423	13	554
1898		< 5	--	22	422
1897		< 5	--	20	423
1896		< 5	--	15	539
1895		5	1,628	17	491
1894		< 5	--	12	599
1893		< 5	--	11	622
1892		6	1,302	19	446
1891		< 5	--	11	569
1890		< 5	--	11	609
1889		< 5	--	15	484
1888		< 5	--	13	559
1887		< 5	--	16	424
1886		< 5	--	5	989
1885		< 5	--	13	524
1884		< 5	--	24	361
1883		< 5	--	19	404
1882		< 5	--	18	430
1881		< 5	--	8	661
1880		6	756	13	506

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.