How rare is the name Carlie?

13,476 people in the United States have the first name Carlie, about 1 in 22,413. It ranks #2,028 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CARLIE

#2,028

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,476
About
1 in 22,413
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,476 people named Carlie, 81.5% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as Black. 96.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Carlie peaked in 2004, when 593 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
593
In 2025*
65 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,311 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Carlie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,057. The largest share of babies named Carlie, 45.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,13526
1890s#1,78182
1900s#1,99794
1910s#2,107297
1920s#2,284389
1930s#2,208362
1940s#2,521342
1950s#3,433260
1960s#5,116152
1970s#3,054479
1980s#1,7751,419
1990s#1,0574,281
2000s#1,0944,986
2010s#1,8442,614
2020s#3,873528
Before 19010.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.3%
Silent Generation 1928–453.9%
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9625%
Generation Z 1997–1245.9%
2013 and later13.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Carlie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carlie has been most common in Utah (2.6×), Louisiana (1.7×), and Tennessee (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.26×).

12,204 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Carlie

#2,026 Javon · 13,502#2,027 Markus · 13,494#2,029 Lyndsey · 13,474#2,030 Kiersten · 13,430

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carlie, most common first.

#2,331 Carlee · 10,909#2,828 Carli · 8,179#11,753 Carlye · 1,078#19,953 Carle · 523#35,436 Carlia · 227#40,999 Carolie · 180

Also a last name

As a last name, Carlie ranks #114,090 of 156,621, with 163 people. See Carlie as a last name

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