Carlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Carlie is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Carlie mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Carly.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Carlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Carlie, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Carlie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Carlie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Carly 12
- Carlie 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Carlie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 29 | #854 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 34 | #761 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 43 | #622 |
How popular is Carlie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,645th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Carlie, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,485th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 586 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had fewer girls named Carlie than any year since 1979.
Half of all the girls named Carlie in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 777 girls in the US were given Carlie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #425, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.
In 1914, 48% of the babies named Carlie in the US were girls. By 2004 it was 99%, with more girls than boys since 1973.
Carlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,404 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,485 |
| 2019 | 165 | #1,366 |
| 2018 | 192 | #1,219 |
| 2017 | 220 | #1,130 |
| 2016 | 250 | #1,048 |
| 2015 | 254 | #1,045 |
| 2014 | 277 | #965 |
| 2013 | 296 | #872 |
| 2012 | 294 | #896 |
| 2011 | 313 | #842 |
| 2010 | 353 | #781 |
| 2009 | 405 | #711 |
| 2008 | 455 | #671 |
| 2007 | 482 | #618 |
| 2006 | 490 | #594 |
| 2005 | 534 | #541 |
| 2004 | 586 | #502 |
| 2003 | 495 | #558 |
| 2002 | 471 | #563 |
| 2001 | 515 | #519 |
| 2000 | 540 | #500 |
| 1999 | 501 | #512 |
| 1998 | 549 | #469 |
| 1997 | 491 | #503 |
| 1996 | 486 | #492 |
| 1995 | 453 | #531 |
| 1994 | 431 | #558 |
| 1993 | 415 | #574 |
| 1992 | 374 | #607 |
| 1991 | 348 | #640 |
| 1990 | 206 | #922 |
| 1989 | 185 | #952 |
| 1988 | 178 | #945 |
| 1987 | 141 | #1,081 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,047 |
| 1985 | 162 | #957 |
| 1984 | 161 | #923 |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,071 |
| 1982 | 114 | #1,193 |
| 1981 | 102 | #1,261 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,770 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,729 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,877 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,646 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,009 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
Names like Carlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe, Ellie, Jasmine, Zoe, Sophie, Charlotte, Hannah, Charlie, Emma, Molly, Emily, Amelie
Other spellings of Carlie
Names related to Carlie
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
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, “Carlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlie, updated 20 October 2026.