Kary
Kary was last recorded in 2023, when 8 babies were given it; 3,378 Americans have been recorded with it between 1917 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,870 Americans named Kary and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 41 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kary by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kary?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,691, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
108 babies in 1971, the peak
Kary peaked in 1971, when 108 babies were given it (67 girls, #1,507 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,691 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,429 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,626 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,285 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,657 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,123 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,306 | under 5 | |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,797 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,791 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,914 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (95)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | #10,825 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,054 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,857 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,688 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,569 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,568 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,480 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 6 | #10,789 | |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,966 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,385 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,766 | 5 | #11,596 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,271 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,974 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,018 | 8 | #7,507 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,200 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,322 | 9 | #6,365 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,339 | 9 | #6,254 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,595 | 7 | #7,383 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,912 | 7 | #7,357 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,451 | 12 | #4,857 |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,013 | 10 | #5,440 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,519 | 11 | #4,932 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,838 | 16 | #3,691 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,725 | 15 | #3,721 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,082 | 23 | #2,554 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,673 | 11 | #4,096 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,690 | 18 | #2,840 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,768 | 25 | #2,198 |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,014 | 10 | #4,067 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,491 | 14 | #3,152 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,509 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,426 | 21 | #2,378 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,160 | 15 | #3,025 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,126 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,925 | 22 | #2,160 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,644 | 30 | #1,762 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,804 | 24 | #2,030 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,548 | 23 | #2,034 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,745 | 30 | #1,637 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,866 | 18 | #2,273 |
| 1972 | 76 | #1,330 | 22 | #1,944 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,507 | 41 | #1,318 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,743 | 38 | #1,359 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,038 | 38 | #1,288 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,693 | 41 | #1,196 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,434 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,164 | 37 | #1,249 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,498 | 41 | #1,196 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,874 | 41 | #1,207 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,800 | 50 | #1,083 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,842 | 48 | #1,112 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,560 | 38 | #1,287 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,543 | 47 | #1,143 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,080 | 39 | #1,255 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,185 | 50 | #1,082 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,970 | 32 | #1,401 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,217 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,307 | 26 | #1,521 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,642 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,079 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1952 | under 5 | 19 | #1,779 | |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,019 | 13 | #2,192 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,972 | 16 | #1,916 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,499 | 15 | #1,980 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,730 | 13 | #2,170 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,147 | 19 | #1,757 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,210 | 14 | #1,990 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 11 | #2,191 | |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,288 | 14 | #1,928 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,157 | 9 | #2,651 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 12 | #2,207 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 6 | #3,319 | |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,700 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 8 | #2,718 | |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,652 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 10 | #2,403 | |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,534 | 7 | #3,025 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #3,943 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 7 | #3,232 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 8 | #2,976 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 6 | #4,116 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 7 | #3,703 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 8 | #3,357 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 7 | #3,536 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 6 | #3,762 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kary a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,378 Americans recorded as Kary, 58% are girls and 42% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kary: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kary, and how old are they?
2,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 3,378 Americans ever recorded as Kary. The median Kary alive today is 53 years old; half are between 41 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 3,161 people named Kary (2,119 women and girls, 1,042 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,971 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 732 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 625 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 243 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 70 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kary born?
The states with the most babies named Kary are California, Texas and Illinois, with 74% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 175 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 54 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 27 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Utah | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kary with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Kary?
Kary is a less common spelling of Carrie: SSA has recorded 3,378 Kary and 267,540 Carrie since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 511,988 babies since 1880, Kary is the eighth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 874 babies recorded by SSA was a Kary (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kary
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kary and names like it
- Compare Kary and CarrieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sKary peaked in 1971.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kary since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Kary.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Kary alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with KMost given first.