Cary Boy
How popular is Cary?
#3,657 boy name in 2025
30 baby boys were named Cary in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
Cary popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,657 for boys (▼ 135 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,430 in 2015, #3,915 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (788 boys) |
| Highest rank | #264 in 1966 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cary counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cary family of names ranked #1,708 for boys in 2025 (#1,333 the year before), with 74 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cary is most popular
Babies named Cary per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Cary by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | #425 |
| 1890s | 123 | #424 |
| 1900s | 135 | #530 |
| 1910s | 382 | #598 |
| 1920s | 551 | #772 |
| 1930s | 666 | #581 |
| 1940s | 2,807 | #319 |
| 1950s | 5,460 | #268 |
| 1960s | 7,047 | #264 |
| 1970s | 3,599 | #331 |
| 1980s | 1,783 | #625 |
| 1990s | 1,004 | #808 |
| 2000s | 360 | #1,940 |
| 2010s | 285 | #2,941 |
| 2020s | 175 | #3,214 |
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Questions
- Is Cary a boy or girl name?
- Cary is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Cary were boys.
- How popular is the name Cary?
- 30 baby boys were named Cary in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
- When was Cary most popular?
- Cary peaked in 1957, when 788 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #264 in 1966.
- How many people are named Cary?
- 29,827 babies have been named Cary in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,286 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 59.
- Where is Cary most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cary was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
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.