Baby name

Carly

Girl

Origin of the name

Carly is a feminine form of Carl, that is, Charles.

Short-lived name

Carly peaked in 1995, when 1 baby in 1,416 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 87%, to about 346 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1008. 34% of all babies named Carly since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

66,466births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 122rank at its peak, in 1995

Where babies named Carly are born

1995

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The darker the blue, the more common Carly is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Carly is most common in New Jersey (1.7 times), Pennsylvania (1.7) and North Dakota (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Carla 150,390
Carley 16,918
Carey 12,741
Karly 10,866
Carli 8,967
Cary 5,323

Names from the same era

Karina · Selena · Kaitlin · Cheyenne · Marisa · Rebekah

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