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Carrie

Gender
Girl
Say it
KA-ree
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,719 for girls

Carrie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).

What does Carrie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Caroline

“free man”

Began as a pet form of Caroline; Stephen King's 1974 debut novel Carrie made it widely known.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Carrie a girl's or a boy's name?

Carrie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carrie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,509th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 57% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Carrie, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 124 girls.

Half of all the girls named Carrie 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, 19 girls in the UK were given Carrie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 124 in 19962025
Carrie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
20245#4,253
20237#3,388
20227#3,347
202116#1,882
202016#1,864
201916#1,871
201822#1,524
201737#1,041
201620#1,653
201519#1,684
201426#1,336
201332#1,165
201235#1,078
201143#903
201050#789
200942#879
200859#681
200770#580
200671#556
200562#581
200462#560
200385#449
200260#547
200174#456
200069#480
199975#458
199888#401
1997107#355
1996124#319

How popular is Carrie in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,719th among girls
Babies in 2025
63 about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Carrie, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 8,661 girls.

Half of all the girls named Carrie in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 261 girls in the US were given Carrie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #906, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 8,661 in 19772025
Carrie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202563#2,719
202454#3,013
202368#2,588
202268#2,579
202177#2,345
202083#2,170
201993#2,043
2018115#1,774
2017130#1,655
2016143#1,560
2015126#1,685
2014150#1,487
2013177#1,321
2012154#1,469
2011152#1,469
2010181#1,299
2009236#1,079
2008264#1,002
2007268#995
2006308#864
2005304#835
2004311#808
2003345#738
2002321#752
2001430#588
2000536#503
1999582#457
1998629#420
1997744#368
1996876#321
1995897#310
19941,012#276
19931,117#248
19921,285#221
19911,465#204
19901,708#170
19891,957#148
19882,204#132
19872,390#119
19862,558#109
19852,942#96
19843,691#78
19834,296#65
19825,186#57
19815,094#55
19805,761#46
19796,354#41
19787,318#35
19778,661#28
19767,991#28
19757,854#29
19746,436#42
19735,835#46
19725,421#53
19715,977#55
19704,978#73
19693,888#94
19683,979#86
19673,195#107
19662,476#142
19652,484#152
19642,975#134
19632,817#143
19623,031#141
19613,178#139
19603,150#139
19592,960#145
19582,583#155
19572,156#175
19561,529#208
19551,211#233
19541,308#221
19531,282#224
19521,110#235
19511,065#238
1950975#241
19491,107#222
19481,174#212
19471,170#218
19461,071#218
1945985#199
19441,020#197
19431,136#192
19421,187#185
19411,030#183
19401,093#176
19391,076#176
19381,123#179
19371,176#172
19361,183#166
19351,278#158
19341,260#158
19331,261#150
19321,397#145
19311,306#148
19301,465#145
19291,510#148
19281,653#140
19271,789#139
19261,860#138
19252,025#134
19242,051#135
19231,930#134
19222,120#122
19212,081#126
19202,108#121
19192,180#111
19182,130#113
19172,073#109
19162,159#103
19151,968#103
19141,798#91
19131,517#90
19121,580#82
19111,281#78
19101,381#70
19091,276#66
19081,239#66
19071,283#61
19061,188#62
19051,288#58
19041,280#54
19031,252#52
19021,376#50
19011,247#48
19001,711#48
18991,346#46
18981,371#47
18971,365#46
18961,388#45
18951,463#42
18941,452#39
18931,451#36
18921,588#35
18911,342#36
18901,510#29
18891,547#27
18881,647#24
18871,344#23
18861,396#21
18851,283#22
18841,245#22
18831,108#21
18821,037#22
1881958#20
1880949#20

Names like Carrie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charlotte, Connie, Alice, Lottie, Millie, Cassie, Billie, Anna, Katie, Hattie, Sophie, Annie

Other spellings of Carrie

Cari, Kari, Khari, Kaari, Karri, Karrie, Karie

Names related to Carrie

Corrie, Carey, Cherrie, Carra, Carrera, Carie

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles

Every Germanic name

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, “Carrie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carrie, updated 20 October 2026.