Karley — #3278 US girls' name
7,908 babies named Karley in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Karley was born in this single decade.
317 babies were named Karley in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karley
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,908 babies named Karley between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karley currently holds the #3278 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 317 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,825 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 615 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Karley in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karley 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 7,908 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.
Karley at a glance
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Current rank
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Karley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2005)
- 317
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #3278 among girls.
7,908 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 317 births in a single year.
Karley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,825 births that decade — 36% of Karley's all-time total
Karley decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,825 births
- Runner-up 2,452 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Karley's strongest decade
2,825 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Karley by state
Where Karley concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 615 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 449 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 370 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 339 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 325 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 268 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 254 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 246 | 3.1% |
615 of 7,908 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- California 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Karley appears in 39 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, 1972–2024 (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.