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How popular is the name Carly?
Births per year, rank history and how many Carlies are alive today.
Carly (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 560 babies were given the name, the 57th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 7,400 babies have been named Carly in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Carly is one spelling of a name also recorded as Carley and Carlie; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Carly is also a common short form of Carla, so many people called Carly are registered under the longer name.
Across all spellings of the name, the Carly you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Carlies born in England and Wales are between 30 and 44, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Carly.
How many babies are named Carly each year?
Includes all spellings: Carly, Carley, Carlie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Carly spelling rank?
Where does the Carley spelling rank?
Where does the Carlie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Carly most popular?
Carly peaked in 1984, when around 560 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Carly?
At least 12,000 people named Carly in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Carly?
Most living Carlies are between 30 and 44; the most common age is about 42.
Is Carly becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.