Girls' name · since 1991
Carys
Carys has 2,327 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,327
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carys is the #4412 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,327 recorded since 1991.
Carys has 2,327 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4412 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #4,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,412 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,327 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carys ranks #4,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,412 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,327 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,327
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carys's 2,327 recorded births place it above 94.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Carys compares
2,327 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Carys's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carys | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,327 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 196 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carys splits its recorded history at 2008: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 196 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 196
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Carys by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,123 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Carys's strongest decade.
1,123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Carys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 82
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,123 births
- 2010s
2010s
933 births
- 2020s 189
2020s
189 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,123 births (48% of all-time use).
How Carys 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 Carys's total volume
Carys by state
Where Carys concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 197 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 190 | 8.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 86 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 82 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 81 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 79 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 68 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 50 | 2.1% |
197 of 2,327 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Carys appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carys's data
- Carys's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,123 total births); usage has since declined to 189 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Caryss (197 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Carys
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carys: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Carys 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.