Karie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Karie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Karie mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carrie, from Caroline
“free man”
A spelling of Carrie, a pet form of Caroline and Carolyn, feminine forms of Charles.
Is Karie a girl's or a boy's name?
Karie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Karie, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1975, with 293 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Karie in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 261 girls in the US were given Karie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #906, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Karie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,493 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,353 |
| 1987 | 116 | #1,227 |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,538 |
| 1985 | 93 | #1,381 |
| 1984 | 95 | #1,303 |
| 1983 | 143 | #1,000 |
| 1982 | 146 | #1,010 |
| 1981 | 131 | #1,074 |
| 1980 | 144 | #1,009 |
| 1979 | 169 | #889 |
| 1978 | 170 | #865 |
| 1977 | 246 | #654 |
| 1976 | 274 | #592 |
| 1975 | 293 | #566 |
| 1974 | 247 | #628 |
| 1973 | 213 | #701 |
| 1972 | 162 | #818 |
| 1971 | 172 | #809 |
| 1970 | 197 | #748 |
| 1969 | 153 | #836 |
| 1968 | 139 | #868 |
| 1967 | 149 | #815 |
| 1966 | 69 | #1,304 |
| 1965 | 81 | #1,194 |
| 1964 | 101 | #1,085 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,056 |
| 1962 | 88 | #1,167 |
| 1961 | 85 | #1,198 |
| 1960 | 81 | #1,211 |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,191 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,678 |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,343 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
Names like Karie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi Kelly Karla Jamie Leslie Nicole Danielle Michelle Melanie Julie Kimberly Robin
Other spellings of Karie
Names related to Karie
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Karie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karie, updated 20 October 2026.