Carry

Girl · recorded 1881–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1884best year

Most popular in 1884.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 110 recorded years as a table
Carry, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188165
188470
188538
188839
188956
189032
189127
189238
189328
189454
189547
189642
189721
189831
189939
190040
190125
190238
190350
190436
190541
190651
190750
190836
190923
191038
191136
191213
191329
191424
191518
191617
191718
191820
191921
192020
192115
192217
192313
192410
192513
192619
192711
192810
192914
19309
19319
193210
19338
193410
193510
19368
19376
19386
193911
194010
19415
19424
19435
19465
19476
19483
19493
19503
19513
19524
19533
19544
19565
19574
19586
19595
19604
19616
19624
19634
19648
19655
19667
19678
196811
19697
197013
197114
197216
197314
197410
197525
197618
197717
197813
197912
198010
198110
198213
19837
19848
19859
19869
19879
19887
19895
19905
19918
19924
19943
19964
19985
20003
20014

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carry 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 2001
8
Rank in 2001
#11,020
How rare
1 in 225,078 girls
Since 1881
1,359

Carry was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1884, at 70 per million girls born.

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

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