Carry Girl
How popular is Carry?
Peaked in 1975
No babies were recorded with the name Carry in 2025. It was most used in 1975, when 37 girls got the name.
864living people named Carry (est.)
54median age of people named Carry
1,659babies named Carry since 1880
Carry popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 0 girls |
| 10-year trend | Not used lately |
| Peak year | 1975 (37 girls) |
| Highest rank | #731 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
Carry counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kairi family of names ranked #615 for girls in 2025 (#604 the year before), with 451 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kairi | 239 | 53% |
| Kari | 90 | 20% |
| Carrie | 63 | 14% |
| Cari | 10 | 2% |
| Kairy | 20 | 4% |
| Karri | 8 | 2% |
| Karrie | 7 | 2% |
| Karie | 7 | 2% |
| Kayri | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Carry by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #731 |
| 1890s | 80 | #905 |
| 1900s | 114 | #945 |
| 1910s | 176 | #1,171 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,708 |
| 1930s | 92 | #2,417 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,571 |
| 1950s | 73 | #3,542 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,056 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,232 |
| 1980s | 145 | #3,646 |
| 1990s | 54 | #5,943 |
| 2000s | 13 | #11,013 |
Questions
- Is Carry a boy or girl name?
- Carry has mostly been a girl name. It hasn't been given to enough babies in the last 10 years to measure a recent split.
- How popular is the name Carry?
- No babies were recorded with the name Carry in 2025. It was most used in 1975, when 37 girls got the name.
- When was Carry most popular?
- Carry peaked in 1975, when 37 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #731 in 1884.
- How many people are named Carry?
- 1,659 babies have been named Carry in the US since 1880. We estimate about 864 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 54.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.