Karly — #2562 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karly

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,800 babies named Karly between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karly currently holds the #2562 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 427 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karly performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,666 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Karly in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karly 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 10,800 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.