Kary

Boy · recorded 1917–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1963best year

Most popular in 1963.

Last recorded in 2005. 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 Kary.

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

0132519171939196119832005

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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 71 recorded years as a table
Kary, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19187
19208
19226
19245
19318
19327
19345
19367
19379
19397
19415
19429
19436
194410
19458
19469
194710
19487
19498
19509
19517
195210
195311
195414
195513
195611
195715
195824
195918
196022
196118
196223
196325
196421
196522
196621
196719
196824
196921
197020
197123
197214
197312
197419
197515
197615
197718
197813
197912
19808
198112
198211
19838
19846
198514
198610
19876
198812
19897
19908
19915
19925
19936
19944
19954
19965
19975
19994
20023
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kary 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 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#10,151
How rare
1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1917
1,416

Kary was last recorded in 2005. 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 1963, at 25 per million boys born.

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

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