Feminine dossier · first seen 1921

Carley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.6% from peak

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

713

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1921Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

92.6%

2024

All-time

16,859

Carley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 713 girls were named Carley.

In 2024, only 53 girls were given the name.

Down 92.6% from its peak.

All told, about 16,859 Americans have been named Carley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.6% from peak

1998713 girls named Carley

202453 girls named Carley

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