first name
CARLY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 62,430 people named Carly, 86.1% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carly peaked in 1995, when 2,585 babies got the name.
At least 66,626 babies have been given the name since 1951. 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.
Carly by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #295. The largest share of babies named Carly, 42.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Carly is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carly has been most common in Utah (1.8×), New Jersey (1.7×), and Delaware (1.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.15×).
64,937 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 Carly
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carly, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carly ranks #114,613 of 156,621, with 162 people. See Carly as a last name
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