Girls' name · since 1880
Carrie
Carrie has 266,350 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #152 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,719 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266,350
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carrie is the #2719 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 266,350 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Carrie recorded 266,350 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #2719 nationally today, ahead of 84% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #152 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,719 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 266,350 born since 1880
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrie ranks #152 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,719 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 266,350 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.
- #152 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,719 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266,350
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carrie's 266,350 recorded births place it above 99.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Carrie compares
266,350 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carrie's all-time total is 708x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carrie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266,350 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8,661 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carrie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carrie splits its recorded history at 1953: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2024 (54 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 8,661 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carrie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 8,661
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Carrie popularity over time - boys
1,190 total births recorded since 1880 (Carrie as boys' name)
Carrie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (66,825 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Carrie's strongest decade.
66,825 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Carrie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12,514
1880s
12,514 births
- 1890s 14,276
1890s
14,276 births
- 1900s 13,140
1900s
13,140 births
- 1910s 18,067
1910s
18,067 births
- 1920s 19,127
1920s
19,127 births
- 1930s 12,525
1930s
12,525 births
- 1940s 10,973
1940s
10,973 births
- 1950s 16,179
1950s
16,179 births
- 1960s
1960s
31,173 births
- 1970s
1970s
66,825 births
- 1980s
1980s
36,079 births
- 1990s 10,315
1990s
10,315 births
- 2000s 3,323
2000s
3,323 births
- 2010s 1,421
2010s
1,421 births
- 2020s 413
2020s
413 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 66,825 births (25% of all-time use).
How Carrie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carrie's total volume
Carrie by state
Where Carrie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15,644 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11,876 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 11,387 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 10,308 | 3.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10,194 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10,095 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 10,043 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 9,820 | 3.7% |
15,644 of 266,350 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Carrie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carrie's data
- Carrie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (66,825 total births); usage has since declined to 413 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Carries (15,644 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Carrie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carrie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carrie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.