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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Carley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Carley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Carley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Carley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Carley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Carley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 5 7 -17%
1922 26 0.000011358 21 5 62%
1923 17 0.000007383 8 9 -6%
1924 34 0.000014276 23 11 35%
1925 16 0.000006857 9 7 13%
1926 34 0.000014809 26 8 53%
1927 29 0.000012503 18 11 24%
1928 16 0.000007077 6 10 -25%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 22 0.000009895 14 8 27%
1931 19 0.000009029 12 7 26%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 25 0.000012503 14 11 12%
1934 13 0.00000626 6 7 -8%
1935 13 0.00000622 6 7 -8%
1936 15 0.00000722 9 6 20%
1937 18 0.000008448 12 6 33%
1938 24 0.000010847 9 15 -25%
1939 21 0.000009531 15 6 43%
1940 26 0.000011291 12 14 -8%
1941 18 0.000007388 9 9 0%
1942 18 0.000006589 9 9 0%
1943 17 0.000006023 8 9 -6%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 5 8 -23%
1946 15 0.000004694 8 7 7%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 21 0.000006083 6 15 -43%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 17 0.000004852 10 7 18%
1951 13 0.000003529 5 8 -23%
1952 10 0.000002633 5 5 0%
1953 16 0.000004152 9 7 13%
1954 12 0.000003015 7 5 17%
1955 12 0.000002989 6 6 0%
1956 18 0.000004366 10 8 11%
1957 16 0.000003808 8 8 0%
1958 10 0.000002419 5 5 0%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 19 5 58%
1973 37 0.000012264 37 100%
1974 61 0.000020066 61 100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 100%
1976 72 0.000023729 72 100%
1977 69 0.000021722 69 100%
1978 71 0.00002237 65 6 83%
1979 73 0.000021942 73 100%
1980 84 0.000024387 84 100%
1981 120 0.000034688 112 8 87%
1982 149 0.000042475 149 100%
1983 158 0.000045621 158 100%
1984 180 0.000051594 180 100%
1985 176 0.000049312 176 100%
1986 209 0.000058756 209 100%
1987 227 0.000062957 221 6 95%
1988 258 0.000069823 258 100%
1989 234 0.000060867 229 5 96%
1990 276 0.00006983 271 5 96%
1991 498 0.000127848 498 100%
1992 622 0.000161925 616 6 98%
1993 588 0.000155957 588 100%
1994 609 0.000163813 609 100%
1995 624 0.000170391 618 6 98%
1996 703 0.000192751 703 100%
1997 694 0.000191409 694 100%
1998 718 0.000195204 713 5 99%
1999 602 0.000162973 602 100%
2000 687 0.000181751 687 100%
2001 607 0.000162152 607 100%
2002 572 0.000153011 572 100%
2003 537 0.00014123 537 100%
2004 575 0.000150487 567 8 97%
2005 628 0.000163336 628 100%
2006 533 0.000134726 533 100%
2007 563 0.000140832 563 100%
2008 489 0.000124406 489 100%
2009 401 0.000104969 401 100%
2010 360 0.000097409 360 100%
2011 291 0.000079556 291 100%
2012 272 0.00007437 272 100%
2013 293 0.000080369 293 100%
2014 237 0.000063944 237 100%
2015 234 0.000063228 234 100%
2016 171 0.000046611 171 100%
2017 147 0.000041105 147 100%
2018 151 0.000042948 151 100%
2019 134 0.000038606 134 100%
2020 108 0.00003233 108 100%
2021 123 0.000036305 123 100%
2022 86 0.00002542 86 100%
2023 62 0.000018724 62 100%
2024 53 0.000015923 53 100%

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