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Carey name image The table below indicates the number of times the name Carey has been given to baby girls in recent years.  The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.  The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years. 

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Carey
Use of the Name Carey
for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years50 Years25 Years10 Years5 Years2 Years1 Year
10,1019,8481,4650000
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carey has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.  Carey last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1992, the last year shown on the table.  A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Carey
 Used as a Girl NameUsed as a Boy Name
YearRankCountRankCount
1880756650613
188196746618
1882  43018
1883  40419
1884  36124
1885  52413
1886  9885
1887  42416
1888  55913
1889  48415
1890  60911
1891  56911
1892  44719
1893  62311
1894  59912
1895  49117
1896  53915
1897  42320
1898  42222
1899  55413
1900  44726
1901  64111
1902  65712
1903  55316
1904  54217
1905  52919
1906  61815
1907  82311
1908  63517
1909  80813
1910  57125
1911  89814
1912  71436
1913  74739
1914  61168
1915  78559
1916  76264
1917  66980
1918  87358
1919  72876
1920  85563
1921  83668
1922  70785
1923  80369
1924  83966
1925  84262
1926  71180
1927  78970
1928  84661
1929  68381
1930  80065
1931  83956
1932  71775
1933  77462
1934  61993
1935  66380
1936  64581
1937  62986
1938  579103
1939  64784
1940  60297
1941  580104
1942  531132
1943  547131
1944  520135
1945  514136
1946  489171
1947  444225
1948  439231
1949  469196
1950  407273
1951  398291
1952  371336
1953908107392320
1954804136361401
1955832135378364
1956783158396363
1957850142351460
1958824150392400
1959875139375438
1960897137412368
1961831160438331
1962767183439326
1963821161436334
1964844152442331
1965811150462285
1966765164435306
1967596255422324
1968530324418338
1969506372424344
1970487410453324
1971420504436348
1972410481467285
1973375559469279
1974336658463298
1975304754465301
1976321695498256
1977364599523252
1978389535558223
1979497406609198
1980546340667167
1981646273675164
1982689254669171
1983736222658168
1984791201696156
1985904175682169
1986  723157
1987  775140
1988  732166
1989  835143
1990  857141
1991  919131
1992  966124
Totals:  10,101 15,713

During the last 125 years, parents have used Carey as a girl's name about 39% of the time and as a boy's name about 60% of the time.  This name has been considered suitable for either girls or boys.  Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Carey appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 35 times during the last 125 years.

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