Meaning not yet researched.
Carrie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 63 in 2025. Its best rank was #20 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #20 in 1881; #2,726 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Carrie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,726 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #20.
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Carrie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 63 girls in 2025. Peak: #20 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 8,661 (1977).
In 2025, 63 US girls were named Carrie, making it the 2,726th most common girls’ name of the year, up 298 places from #3,024 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 54 girls named Carrie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #20, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,661, in 1977. For comparison, it was #1,685 in 2015 and #241 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carrie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 957 babies with the name. In all, 267,540 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 67,042 babies named Carrie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 894 US girls were named Carrie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 143. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,512 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Carrie ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,049 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Cary (29,827 babies since 1880), Cari (12,870 babies since 1880), Karrie (9,870 babies since 1880) and Karie (5,356 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Carry, Caria and Caree are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cassie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Carry (1,659), Caria (221), Caree (134), Kairie (117), Cario (90), Carrye (87), Cairee (62), Carrey (53), Cairi (43), Carye (11), Cahri (7), Carree (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Carrie is listed as a nickname for Carol, Caroline, Carolyn.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 8 | #1,049 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,429 | #1,270 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,726 | — | — |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,024 | — | — |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,593 | — | — |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,582 | — | — |
| 2021 | 77 | #2,348 | — | — |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,175 | — | — |
| 2019 | 93 | #2,047 | — | — |
| 2018 | 115 | #1,778 | — | — |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,562 | — | — |
| 2015 | 126 | #1,685 | — | — |
| 2014 | 150 | #1,490 | — | — |
| 2013 | 177 | #1,324 | — | — |
| 2012 | 154 | #1,470 | — | — |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,472 | — | — |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,300 | — | — |
| 2009 | 236 | #1,082 | — | — |
| 2008 | 264 | #1,002 | — | — |
| 2007 | 268 | #995 | — | — |
| 2006 | 308 | #865 | — | — |
| 2005 | 304 | #835 | — | — |
| 2004 | 311 | #808 | — | — |
| 2003 | 345 | #740 | — | — |
| 2002 | 321 | #752 | — | — |
| 2001 | 430 | #588 | — | — |
| 2000 | 536 | #503 | — | — |
| 1999 | 582 | #457 | — | — |
| 1998 | 629 | #420 | — | — |
| 1997 | 744 | #368 | — | — |
| 1996 | 876 | #321 | — | — |
| 1995 | 897 | #310 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,012 | #276 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1,117 | #248 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1,285 | #221 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,465 | #204 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,708 | #170 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,957 | #148 | 11 | #4,560 |
| 1988 | 2,204 | #132 | 5 | #7,442 |
| 1987 | 2,390 | #119 | 13 | #3,554 |
| 1986 | 2,558 | #109 | 13 | #3,468 |
| 1985 | 2,942 | #96 | 7 | #5,222 |
| 1984 | 3,691 | #78 | 19 | #2,542 |
| 1983 | 4,296 | #65 | 21 | #2,346 |
| 1982 | 5,186 | #57 | 19 | #2,523 |
| 1981 | 5,094 | #55 | 18 | #2,584 |
| 1980 | 5,761 | #46 | 29 | #1,913 |
| 1979 | 6,354 | #41 | 19 | #2,479 |
| 1978 | 7,318 | #35 | 27 | #1,873 |
| 1977 | 8,661 | #28 | 27 | #1,864 |
| 1976 | 7,991 | #28 | 25 | #1,939 |
| 1975 | 7,854 | #29 | 22 | #2,075 |
| 1974 | 6,436 | #42 | 17 | #2,370 |
| 1973 | 5,835 | #46 | 22 | #1,935 |
| 1972 | 5,421 | #53 | 14 | #2,550 |
| 1971 | 5,977 | #55 | 24 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 4,978 | #73 | 20 | #2,001 |
| 1969 | 3,888 | #94 | 7 | #3,644 |
| 1968 | 3,979 | #86 | 8 | #3,141 |
| 1967 | 3,195 | #107 | 9 | #2,802 |
| 1966 | 2,476 | #142 | — | — |
| 1965 | 2,484 | #152 | 8 | #3,015 |
| 1964 | 2,975 | #134 | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1963 | 2,817 | #143 | 6 | #3,696 |
| 1962 | 3,031 | #141 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1961 | 3,178 | #139 | 9 | #2,925 |
| 1960 | 3,150 | #139 | 10 | #2,703 |
| 1959 | 2,960 | #145 | 9 | #2,850 |
| 1958 | 2,583 | #155 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1957 | 2,156 | #175 | 5 | #4,066 |
| 1956 | 1,529 | #208 | 7 | #3,257 |
| 1955 | 1,211 | #233 | 7 | #3,238 |
| 1954 | 1,308 | #221 | 7 | #3,205 |
| 1953 | 1,282 | #224 | 8 | #2,936 |
| 1952 | 1,110 | #235 | 5 | #3,814 |
| 1951 | 1,065 | #238 | 5 | #3,791 |
| 1950 | 975 | #241 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1949 | 1,107 | #222 | 6 | #3,359 |
| 1948 | 1,174 | #212 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,170 | #218 | 7 | #3,125 |
| 1946 | 1,071 | #219 | 11 | #2,290 |
| 1945 | 985 | #199 | 7 | #2,781 |
| 1944 | 1,020 | #197 | 8 | #2,664 |
| 1943 | 1,136 | #192 | 6 | #3,270 |
| 1942 | 1,187 | #185 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1941 | 1,030 | #183 | 11 | #2,223 |
| 1940 | 1,093 | #176 | 12 | #2,096 |
| 1939 | 1,076 | #176 | 12 | #2,073 |
| 1938 | 1,123 | #179 | 15 | #1,832 |
| 1937 | 1,176 | #172 | 19 | #1,585 |
| 1936 | 1,183 | #166 | 7 | #2,903 |
| 1935 | 1,278 | #158 | 13 | #2,043 |
| 1934 | 1,260 | #158 | 11 | #2,289 |
| 1933 | 1,261 | #150 | 16 | #1,780 |
| 1932 | 1,397 | #145 | 12 | #2,210 |
| 1931 | 1,306 | #148 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 1,465 | #145 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 1929 | 1,510 | #148 | 17 | #1,858 |
| 1928 | 1,653 | #140 | 13 | #2,286 |
| 1927 | 1,789 | #139 | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1926 | 1,860 | #138 | 20 | #1,732 |
| 1925 | 2,025 | #134 | 26 | #1,459 |
| 1924 | 2,051 | #135 | 14 | #2,249 |
| 1923 | 1,930 | #134 | 11 | #2,646 |
| 1922 | 2,120 | #122 | 11 | #2,651 |
| 1921 | 2,081 | #126 | 13 | #2,398 |
| 1920 | 2,108 | #121 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1919 | 2,180 | #111 | 19 | #1,762 |
| 1918 | 2,130 | #113 | 12 | #2,418 |
| 1917 | 2,073 | #109 | 11 | #2,446 |
| 1916 | 2,159 | #103 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 1915 | 1,968 | #103 | 15 | #1,889 |
| 1914 | 1,798 | #91 | 10 | #2,124 |
| 1913 | 1,517 | #90 | 10 | #1,823 |
| 1912 | 1,580 | #82 | 7 | #2,078 |
| 1911 | 1,281 | #78 | 8 | #1,304 |
| 1910 | 1,381 | #70 | 9 | #1,130 |
| 1909 | 1,276 | #66 | 6 | #1,298 |
| 1908 | 1,239 | #66 | 10 | #892 |
| 1907 | 1,283 | #61 | 11 | #827 |
| 1906 | 1,188 | #62 | 6 | #1,138 |
| 1905 | 1,288 | #58 | 7 | #1,015 |
| 1904 | 1,280 | #54 | 6 | #1,084 |
| 1903 | 1,252 | #52 | 9 | #796 |
| 1902 | 1,376 | #50 | — | — |
| 1901 | 1,247 | #48 | 5 | #1,076 |
| 1900 | 1,711 | #48 | 6 | #1,188 |
| 1899 | 1,346 | #46 | 8 | #794 |
| 1898 | 1,371 | #47 | 5 | #1,149 |
| 1897 | 1,365 | #46 | 6 | #961 |
| 1896 | 1,388 | #45 | 8 | #836 |
| 1895 | 1,463 | #42 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,452 | #39 | 6 | #975 |
| 1893 | 1,451 | #36 | 13 | #544 |
| 1892 | 1,588 | #35 | 5 | #1,091 |
| 1891 | 1,342 | #36 | 8 | #714 |
| 1890 | 1,510 | #29 | 8 | #755 |
| 1889 | 1,547 | #27 | 6 | #891 |
| 1888 | 1,647 | #24 | 6 | #939 |
| 1887 | 1,344 | #23 | — | — |
| 1886 | 1,396 | #21 | 7 | #777 |
| 1885 | 1,283 | #22 | 5 | #959 |
| 1884 | 1,245 | #22 | 5 | #995 |
| 1883 | 1,108 | #21 | — | — |
| 1882 | 1,037 | #22 | 6 | #856 |
| 1881 | 958 | #20 | 6 | #801 |
| 1880 | 949 | #20 | 8 | #691 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).