Girls' name · since 1973
Karlye
Karlye has 384 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 384
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 384 have been recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlye has been recorded 384 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2013.
- #13,854 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 384 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlye ranks #13,854 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 384 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 384
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlye's 384 recorded births place it above 80.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karlye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karlye's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karlye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2013
- Peak year (1992)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Karlye by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (158 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Karlye's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Karlye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 55
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
158 births
- 2000s
2000s
142 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Karlye's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karlye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1973–2013 (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 Karlye 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.