Girls' name · since 1964
Carye
11 babies named Carye in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Carye since 1964, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Carye has 11 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1971.
- #52,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carye ranks #52,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #52,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carye's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carye splits its recorded history at 1971: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Carye by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1970s was Carye's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Carye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1964–1971 (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 Carye 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.