Carrie Name Popularity

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How popular is Carrie?

Ranking 1,768th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Carrie is rare.

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

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #20 for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1881.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1977 with 8,662 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Carrie in any given year was 115 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1883-1888, 1897-1900, 1911-1916, 1950-1960, 1966-1971, and 1972-1975, the name Carrie took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1977-2002, and 2006-2011.

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

How popular will Carrie be?

Carrie's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Carrie has dropped.

The name Carrie is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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

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		Carrie (Girl)		Carrie (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		115	1,768	< 5	--
2017		128	1,669	< 5	--
2016		142	1,564	< 5	--
2015		126	1,681	< 5	--
2014		149	1,491	< 5	--
2013		175	1,332	< 5	--
2012		154	1,470	< 5	--
2011		151	1,480	< 5	--
2010		181	1,300	< 5	--
2009		236	1,081	< 5	--
2008		264	1,000	< 5	--
2007		268	994	< 5	--
2006		308	865	< 5	--
2005		304	835	< 5	--
2004		310	810	< 5	--
2003		345	739	< 5	--
2002		321	750	< 5	--
2001		429	589	< 5	--
2000		536	503	< 5	--
1999		582	456	< 5	--
1998		629	420	< 5	--
1997		744	368	< 5	--
1996		876	321	< 5	--
1995		896	310	< 5	--
1994		1,012	276	< 5	--
1993		1,117	248	< 5	--
1992		1,284	221	< 5	--
1991		1,465	204	< 5	--
1990		1,707	170	< 5	--
1989		1,957	148	11	4,558
1988		2,205	132	5	7,434
1987		2,389	119	13	3,551
1986		2,560	109	13	3,468
1985		2,941	96	7	5,219
1984		3,691	78	19	2,545
1983		4,297	65	21	2,346
1982		5,186	57	19	2,524
1981		5,094	55	18	2,586
1980		5,761	46	29	1,910
1979		6,356	41	19	2,477
1978		7,320	35	27	1,871
1977		8,662	28	27	1,866
1976		7,992	28	25	1,938
1975		7,856	29	22	2,073
1974		6,435	42	17	2,369
1973		5,836	46	22	1,935
1972		5,422	53	14	2,549
1971		5,976	55	24	1,826
1970		4,977	73	20	1,999
1969		3,887	94	7	3,644
1968		3,978	86	8	3,136
1967		3,196	107	9	2,806
1966		2,475	142	< 5	--
1965		2,484	152	8	3,016
1964		2,976	134	10	2,686
1963		2,817	143	6	3,694
1962		3,030	141	9	2,871
1961		3,180	139	9	2,922
1960		3,148	139	10	2,704
1959		2,966	145	9	2,846
1958		2,578	155	16	2,028
1957		2,155	175	5	4,065
1956		1,530	208	7	3,261
1955		1,212	233	7	3,238
1954		1,310	221	7	3,205
1953		1,280	225	8	2,934
1952		1,110	235	5	3,818
1951		1,064	238	5	3,791
1950		977	241	6	3,369
1949		1,107	222	6	3,360
1948		1,174	212	< 5	--
1947		1,170	218	7	3,125
1946		1,070	220	11	2,288
1945		985	199	7	2,781
1944		1,021	197	8	2,664
1943		1,136	192	6	3,270
1942		1,187	185	8	2,741
1941		1,030	183	11	2,223
1940		1,092	176	12	2,098
1939		1,077	175	12	2,071
1938		1,121	179	15	1,831
1937		1,177	172	19	1,585
1936		1,183	166	7	2,902
1935		1,277	158	13	2,043
1934		1,259	158	11	2,286
1933		1,262	150	16	1,778
1932		1,396	145	12	2,209
1931		1,307	148	20	1,593
1930		1,466	145	15	1,983
1929		1,511	148	17	1,859
1928		1,652	140	13	2,286
1927		1,788	140	16	2,057
1926		1,860	138	20	1,731
1925		2,024	134	26	1,457
1924		2,052	135	14	2,249
1923		1,930	134	11	2,646
1922		2,120	122	11	2,651
1921		2,081	126	13	2,398
1920		2,108	121	11	2,632
1919		2,180	111	19	1,762
1918		2,130	113	12	2,418
1917		2,073	109	11	2,446
1916		2,159	103	16	1,864
1915		1,968	103	15	1,889
1914		1,798	91	10	2,124
1913		1,517	90	10	1,824
1912		1,580	82	7	2,078
1911		1,281	78	8	1,304
1910		1,381	70	9	1,130
1909		1,276	66	6	1,298
1908		1,239	66	10	892
1907		1,283	61	11	827
1906		1,188	62	6	1,138
1905		1,288	58	7	1,015
1904		1,280	54	6	1,084
1903		1,252	52	9	796
1902		1,376	50	< 5	--
1901		1,247	48	5	1,076
1900		1,711	48	6	1,188
1899		1,346	46	8	794
1898		1,371	47	5	1,149
1897		1,365	46	6	961
1896		1,388	45	8	836
1895		1,463	42	< 5	--
1894		1,452	39	6	975
1893		1,451	36	13	544
1892		1,588	35	5	1,091
1891		1,342	36	8	714
1890		1,510	29	8	755
1889		1,547	27	6	891
1888		1,647	24	6	939
1887		1,344	23	< 5	--
1886		1,396	21	7	777
1885		1,283	22	5	959
1884		1,245	22	5	995
1883		1,108	21	< 5	--
1882		1,037	22	6	856
1881		958	20	6	801
1880		949	20	8	691

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.