Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Carrie

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

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

8,661

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

All-time

266,286

Carrie 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 1977, when 8,661 girls were named Carrie.

In 2024, only 53 girls were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 266,286 Americans have been named Carrie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

19778,661 girls named Carrie

202453 girls named Carrie

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