Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Cary

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

Endangered Down 96.1% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

788

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

96.1%

2024

All-time

24,472

Cary 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 1957, when 788 boys were named Cary.

In 2024, only 31 boys were given the name.

Down 96.1% from its peak.

All told, about 24,472 Americans have been named Cary and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.1% from peak

1957788 boys named Cary

202431 boys named Cary

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