Kary

Girl · recorded 1936–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2023. 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 1936

0255019361958198020012023

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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 80 recorded years as a table
Kary, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19365
19385
19404
19437
19445
19464
19477
19485
19496
19508
19517
19535
19549
195512
195612
195715
195813
195915
196011
196126
196220
196322
196421
196514
196618
196736
196829
196923
197030
197140
197250
197331
197435
197545
197635
197742
197833
197929
198016
198124
198222
198322
198417
198520
198613
198714
198812
198915
199014
19919
199214
199313
199411
199513
19967
19979
19989
19998
20008
200112
200211
20038
20047
20067
20079
20089
20097
20105
20116
20126
20133
20144
20156
20165
20173
20194
20203
20215
20224
20235

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 2023
8
Rank in 2023
#11,169
How rare
1 in 200,572 girls
Since 1936
1,962

Kary was last recorded in 2023. 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 1972, at 50 per million girls 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.