Carley

Boy · recorded 1912–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Carley.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121935195819812004

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 53 recorded years as a table
Carley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191212
191310
191414
191511
19169
191710
19195
192014
19216
19225
19238
192410
19256
19267
192710
19289
19307
19317
193311
19347
19357
19366
19376
193814
19395
194012
19417
19427
19436
19445
19456
19464
19489
19504
19514
19523
19534
19542
19553
19564
19574
19582
19593
19723
19784
19814
19873
19892
19902
19923
19953
19983
20044

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carley isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
8
Rank in 2004
#8,143
How rare
1 in 248,122 boys
Since 1912
410

Carley was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1920, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Carley doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.