Carly

How popular is Carly in the UK?

Rank in 2025

#2,344among girls

Babies in 2025

12about 1 in 23,000 girls

Five-year trend

Falling fastdown 60% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Carly, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 304 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Carly since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Carly in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. 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 Carly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.

• Carly 12
• Carlie 4

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#57).

How popular is Carly in the US?

Rank in 2025

#1,008among girls

Babies in 2025

248about 1 in 6,500 girls

Five-year trend

Fallingdown 45% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 248 girls in the US were named Carly, making it the 1,008th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 621st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 2,585 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 17 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Carly than any year since 1973.

Half of all the girls named Carly in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 777 girls in the US were given Carly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #425, up from #1,008 for this spelling alone.

• Carly 248
• Karlee 103
• Carlee 101
• Karlie 85
• Karly 66
• Carlie 65
• Karli 64
• Carli 45