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How popular is the name Carrie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Carries are alive today.
Carrie (female) is a shortened form of the name Caroline. Although Carrie itself was given to 11 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 2440th as a registered name), most Carries are registered as Caroline, which ranked 1271st in 2025 with 25 babies.
Most people called Carrie are registered as Caroline, and share that name's profile: the Caroline you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Carolines born in England and Wales are between 52 and 65, and there are at least 94,000 of them alive today. Only some Carolines go by Carrie.
How many babies are named Carrie or Caroline each year?
Combined registrations of Caroline, Carrie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Caroline rank as a registered name?
Where does Carrie rank as a registered name?
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
Is Carrie short for Caroline?
Yes - Carrie is a shortened form of Caroline. Carries are usually registered as Caroline at birth.
When was the name Carrie most popular?
The full name Caroline peaked in 1964, when around 5,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Carrie itself peaked as a registered name in 1996, with 97 babies.
How many people are called Carrie?
There's no official count of people who go by Carrie, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 94,000 people registered as Caroline born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Carrie.
How old is the typical Carrie?
Most people called Carrie are registered as Caroline. Most living Carolines are between 52 and 65; the most common age is about 62.
Is Carrie becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.