Carley — #3047 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carley

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,859 babies named Carley between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carley currently holds the #3047 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 713 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,912 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Carley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,248 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Carley in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carley 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 16,859 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.