Karley
Karley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. Its best rank was 704th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2005317 births
- Best rank
- #704in 1994
- Since 1972
- 7,908people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,908 girls have been named Karley in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 317 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 36%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2005, its biggest year
Karley was the 817th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2005 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Abigail and Olivia. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Karley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Klarissapeak 1998
- Taylapeak 2006
- Jazminepeak 2006
- Jazminpeak 2006
- Mckinseypeak 2006
- Daysipeak 1996
- Alexipeak 2002
- Kailinpeak 1997
Other spellings in the data
- Carly66,214 ever
- Charlee18,967 ever
- Carley17,269 ever
- Carlie16,245 ever
- Karlee13,541 ever
- Carlee13,184 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.