Carely — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carely

The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Carely between 1988 and 2023, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carely currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carely performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Carely shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Carely in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carely in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 152 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.