MyNameRoots
Baby name
Carey
Girl Boy
43% girls / 57% boys
Show the…
Classic name
Where babies named Carey are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Carey is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Carey is most common in Georgia (3.6 times), Louisiana (3.5) and Mississippi (3.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Short-lived name
Where babies named Carey are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Carey is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Carey is most common in Wisconsin (1.8 times), Virginia (1.6) and Ohio (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Angelita · Cari · Chandra · Demetria · Tameka · Lucretia
Born in…
Add your year to see.
Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4% | 96% |
| 1890s | 10% | 90% |
| 1900s | 10% | 90% |
| 1910s | 16% | 84% |
| 1920s | 14% | 86% |
| 1930s | 15% | 85% |
| 1940s | 16% | 84% |
| 1950s | 24% | 76% |
| 1960s | 39% | 61% |
| 1970s | 67% | 33% |
| 1980s | 56% | 44% |
| 1990s | 47% | 53% |
| 2000s | 41% | 59% |
| 2010s | 30% | 70% |
| 2020s | 29% | 71% |