Girls' name · since 1966
Karlie
Karlie has 11,486 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,180 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,486
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
11,486 babies have been named Karlie since 1966, making it today's #2180 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlie has been recorded 11,486 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #2180 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #1,526 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,180 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,486 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlie ranks #1,526 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,180 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,486 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,180 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,486
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karlie's 11,486 recorded births place it above 97.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karlie compares
11,486 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Karlie's all-time total is 31x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karlie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,486 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 445 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karlie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karlie's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 445, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karlie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 445
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Karlie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,672 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Karlie's strongest decade.
3,672 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Karlie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 134
1970s
134 births
- 1980s 724
1980s
724 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,215 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,672 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,921 births
- 2020s 815
2020s
815 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,672 births (32% of all-time use).
How Karlie 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 Karlie's total volume
Karlie by state
Where Karlie concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 860 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 855 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 568 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 420 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 410 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 405 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 403 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 400 | 3.5% |
860 of 11,486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Karlie appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karlie's data
- Karlie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,672 total births); usage has since declined to 815 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karlies (860 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 Karlie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karlie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Karlie 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.