How popular is “Carrie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carrie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Carrie” 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 “Carrie” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Carrie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carrie” 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
1880	957	0.004749757	949	8	98%
1881	964	0.005002906	958	6	99%
1882	1043	0.004708102	1037	6	99%
1883	1108	0.005107262	1108		100%
1884	1250	0.005134292	1245	5	99%
1885	1288	0.005347638	1283	5	99%
1886	1403	0.005495151	1396	7	99%
1887	1344	0.005432674	1344		100%
1888	1653	0.005519678	1647	6	99%
1889	1553	0.005374707	1547	6	99%
1890	1518	0.00503648	1510	8	99%
1891	1350	0.004709198	1342	8	99%
1892	1593	0.004764127	1588	5	99%
1893	1464	0.004501527	1451	13	98%
1894	1458	0.004304822	1452	6	99%
1895	1463	0.004167854	1463		100%
1896	1396	0.00390507	1388	8	99%
1897	1371	0.003951498	1365	6	99%
1898	1376	0.003607241	1371	5	99%
1899	1354	0.003991345	1346	8	99%
1900	1717	0.003813369	1711	6	99%
1901	1252	0.003620464	1247	5	99%
1902	1376	0.00355801	1376		100%
1903	1261	0.003307975	1252	9	99%
1904	1286	0.003187231	1280	6	99%
1905	1295	0.003054807	1288	7	99%
1906	1194	0.002786783	1188	6	99%
1907	1294	0.002780464	1283	11	98%
1908	1249	0.002556027	1239	10	98%
1909	1282	0.002507707	1276	6	99%
1910	1390	0.002353097	1381	9	99%
1911	1289	0.002000689	1281	8	99%
1912	1587	0.001606175	1580	7	99%
1913	1527	0.001342878	1517	10	99%
1914	1808	0.001276526	1798	10	99%
1915	1983	0.001082172	1968	15	98%
1916	2175	0.00112437	2159	16	99%
1917	2084	0.001038495	2073	11	99%
1918	2142	0.000986592	2130	12	99%
1919	2199	0.001042059	2180	19	98%
1920	2119	0.000936515	2108	11	99%
1921	2094	0.000896978	2081	13	99%
1922	2131	0.000930911	2120	11	99%
1923	1941	0.000843004	1930	11	99%
1924	2065	0.000867061	2051	14	99%
1925	2051	0.000879012	2025	26	97%
1926	1880	0.000818849	1860	20	98%
1927	1805	0.000778233	1789	16	98%
1928	1666	0.000736862	1653	13	98%
1929	1527	0.000696573	1510	17	98%
1930	1480	0.000665681	1465	15	98%
1931	1327	0.000630587	1307	20	97%
1932	1408	0.000666891	1396	12	98%
1933	1277	0.000638677	1261	16	97%
1934	1271	0.000611995	1260	11	98%
1935	1291	0.000617733	1278	13	98%
1936	1190	0.000572782	1183	7	99%
1937	1195	0.000560856	1176	19	97%
1938	1138	0.000514333	1123	15	97%
1939	1088	0.000493773	1076	12	98%
1940	1105	0.000479875	1093	12	98%
1941	1041	0.000427265	1030	11	98%
1942	1195	0.000437438	1187	8	99%
1943	1142	0.000404597	1136	6	99%
1944	1028	0.000382145	1020	8	98%
1945	992	0.000373929	985	7	99%
1946	1082	0.000338622	1071	11	98%
1947	1177	0.000326734	1170	7	99%
1948	1175	0.000340331	1175		100%
1949	1113	0.000319389	1107	6	99%
1950	982	0.000280303	976	6	99%
1951	1070	0.000290466	1065	5	99%
1952	1114	0.000293312	1109	5	99%
1953	1290	0.000334748	1282	8	99%
1954	1315	0.000330343	1308	7	99%
1955	1219	0.000303605	1212	7	99%
1956	1536	0.000372541	1529	7	99%
1957	2161	0.000514261	2156	5	100%
1958	2597	0.00062822	2581	16	99%
1959	2970	0.000714287	2961	9	99%
1960	3160	0.000760746	3150	10	99%
1961	3187	0.000769379	3178	9	99%
1962	3038	0.000752843	3029	9	99%
1963	2823	0.000713203	2817	6	100%
1964	2985	0.000767825	2975	10	99%
1965	2492	0.000687363	2484	8	99%
1966	2476	0.000712384	2476		100%
1967	3204	0.000943769	3195	9	99%
1968	3987	0.00118014	3979	8	100%
1969	3895	0.001120759	3888	7	100%
1970	4997	0.001385549	4977	20	99%
1971	6000	0.001748071	5976	24	99%
1972	5436	0.001729561	5422	14	99%
1973	5858	0.001941737	5836	22	99%
1974	6454	0.002123027	6437	17	99%
1975	7876	0.00260847	7854	22	99%
1976	8016	0.002641795	7991	25	99%
1977	8688	0.002735091	8661	27	99%
1978	7345	0.002314209	7318	27	99%
1979	6374	0.00191584	6355	19	99%
1980	5791	0.001681228	5762	29	99%
1981	5111	0.001477435	5093	18	99%
1982	5205	0.001483768	5186	19	99%
1983	4317	0.001246485	4296	21	99%
1984	3710	0.001063417	3691	19	99%
1985	2950	0.000826537	2943	7	100%
1986	2573	0.000723347	2560	13	99%
1987	2402	0.000666183	2389	13	99%
1988	2209	0.000597828	2204	5	100%
1989	1968	0.000511907	1957	11	99%
1990	1708	0.000432134	1708		100%
1991	1465	0.000376098	1465		100%
1992	1285	0.000334525	1285		100%
1993	1117	0.000296265	1117		100%
1994	1012	0.000272215	1012		100%
1995	896	0.000244665	896		100%
1996	876	0.000240185	876		100%
1997	744	0.000205199	744		100%
1998	629	0.000171007	629		100%
1999	582	0.000157558	582		100%
2000	536	0.000141803	536		100%
2001	430	0.000114869	430		100%
2002	321	0.000085868	321		100%
2003	345	0.000090734	345		100%
2004	310	0.000081132	310		100%
2005	304	0.000079067	304		100%
2006	308	0.000077853	308		100%
2007	268	0.000067039	268		100%
2008	264	0.000067164	264		100%
2009	236	0.000061777	236		100%
2010	181	0.000048975	181		100%
2011	152	0.000041555	152		100%
2012	154	0.000042107	154		100%
2013	177	0.000048551	177		100%
2014	150	0.000040471	150		100%
2015	126	0.000034046	126		100%
2016	143	0.000038978	143		100%
2017	130	0.000036351	130		100%
2018	115	0.000032709	115		100%
2019	93	0.000026794	93		100%
2020	82	0.000024547	82		100%
2021	77	0.000022728	77		100%
2022	68	0.0000201	68		100%
2023	68	0.000020536	68		100%
2024	53	0.000015923	53		100%

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