Carri — girls' name
3,466 babies named Carri in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Carri was born in this single decade.
172 babies were named Carri in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carri
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,466 babies named Carri between 1953 and 2019, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 172 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carri performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,454 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 414 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Carri in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carri 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 3,466 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.
Carri at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1953
- Peak year (1975)
- 172
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
3,466 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 172 births in a single year.
Carri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,454 births that decade — 42% of Carri's all-time total
Carri decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,454 births
- Runner-up 1,061 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Carri's strongest decade
1,454 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Carri by state
Where Carri concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 414 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 184 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 168 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 156 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 111 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 103 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 100 | 2.9% |
| #8 | New York | | 87 | 2.5% |
414 of 3,466 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Carri appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.