Carley
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,719 for girls
Carley is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).
What does Carley mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Carly.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Carley a girl's or a boy's name?
Carley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Carley in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Carley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 36 | #722 |
| 1998 | 46 | #616 |
| 1997 | 43 | #657 |
| 1996 | 40 | #662 |
How popular is Carley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,719among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Carley, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 713 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Carley in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Carley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.
- Carley 63
- Karley 46
Girls were 68% of the babies named Carley in the US in 1924, and 99% in 2004.
Carley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,719 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,585 |
| 2018 | 151 | #1,451 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 171 | #1,371 |
| 2015 | 234 | #1,106 |
| 2014 | 237 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 293 | #882 |
| 2012 | 272 | #939 |
| 2011 | 291 | #896 |
| 2010 | 360 | #757 |
| 2009 | 402 | #720 |
| 2008 | 489 | #632 |
| 2007 | 563 | #546 |
| 2006 | 533 | #552 |
| 2005 | 628 | #486 |
| 2004 | 567 | #511 |
| 2003 | 537 | #525 |
| 2002 | 572 | #488 |
| 2001 | 607 | #456 |
| 2000 | 687 | #411 |
| 1999 | 602 | #444 |
| 1998 | 713 | #389 |
| 1997 | 694 | #382 |
| 1996 | 703 | #376 |
| 1995 | 618 | #418 |
| 1994 | 609 | #411 |
| 1993 | 588 | #429 |
| 1992 | 616 | #409 |
| 1991 | 498 | #484 |
| 1990 | 271 | #760 |
| 1989 | 229 | #828 |
| 1988 | 258 | #725 |
| 1987 | 221 | #793 |
| 1986 | 209 | #802 |
| 1985 | 176 | #901 |
| 1984 | 180 | #851 |
| 1983 | 158 | #937 |
| 1982 | 149 | #988 |
| 1981 | 112 | #1,181 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,563 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Names like Carley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily Chloe Aubrey Molly Abigail Jasmine Jessica Francesca Sydney Riley Hannah Erin
Other spellings of Carley
Names related to Carley
Charlie Carla Charley Carly Charlee Carol Carlie Charlea Carlee Charly
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carley, updated 20 October 2026.