first name
KARLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,669 people named Karley, 83.3% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Karley peaked in 2005, when 317 babies got the name.
At least 7,955 babies have been given the name since 1972. 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.
Karley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,485. The largest share of babies named Karley, 54.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Karley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karley has been most common in Louisiana (2.2×), Mississippi (2.1×), and Alabama (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.34×).
5,754 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 Karley
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Karley ranks #121,361 of 156,621, with 150 people. See Karley as a last name
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