Carly

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Carly: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Carly: Recorded every year since 1979, it reached #52 in 1983, and it stood at #372 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
109times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#52highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Carly's record

Ranked every year since 1979, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#187
1997	#191
1998	#223
1999	#242
2000	#278
2001	#287
2002	#367
2003	#369
2004	#384
2005	#398
2006	#351
2007	#317
2008	#363
2009	#390
2010	#512
2011	#494
2012	#647
2013	#650
2014	#740
2015	#942
2016	#1142
2017	#949
2018	#1234
2019	#1854
2020	#1939
2021	#2201
2022	#2673
2023	#2504
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 46 years from 1979 to 2024.

In 2024: #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #541 among girls in Scotland, #3015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1979–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #90 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1979–1989
Highest recorded position: #52 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1983 (recorded 1979–1989).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Carly appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 607 births with the name.

Carly across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Carly's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#523 (1979)	#170 (2011)	#372 (2024)	44 of 46	607 (1979–2024)	34 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#187 (1996)	#187 (1996)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	2,516 (1996–2024)	235 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#194 (1997)	#119 (2009)	#354 (2022)	24 of 26	239 (1997–2022)	19 (2009)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#90 (1979)	#52 (1983)	#71 (1989)	11 of 11	1,356 (1979–1989)	151 (1983)

Carly by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Carly in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	61	8 of 10	8
1990s	106	10 of 10	11
2000s	131	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	256	10 of 10	26
2020s	50	5 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Carly appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #52 in New South Wales, Australia in 1983.

Carly's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#949	39	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1142	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#740	53	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#650	63	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#647	64	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#494	86	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#512	79	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#390	108	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#363	121	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#317	143	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#351	123	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#398	98	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#384	99	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#369	100	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#367	93	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#287	131	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#278	138	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#242	166	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#223	186	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#191	228	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#187	235	High	Verified
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#211	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#154	14	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#160	13	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#119	19	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#185	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#146	12	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#163	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#197	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#129	16	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#194	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	13	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	25	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	28	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	30	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	20	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	33	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	24	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	34	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	33	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	21	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	20	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	15	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	11	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1979 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #52, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 235 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1979, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Carmel · #21, 67y
Carmela · #471, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kian · #54, 41y
Crystal · #55, 43y
Lea · #55, 50y
Tegan · #55, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodhan · #52, 45y
Charlene · #52, 49y
Arran · #51, 40y
Francesca · #53, 49y

Carly was ranked #52 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Carly and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Carly without appearing here.

Carly moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4192.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #241 and #842.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #278 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #287 and #871.
Carmel Compare
In 2005 they stood at #576 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #286 and #764.

Moved ahead of Carly

Jane Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1023.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.
Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #2115.

Moved the opposite way to Carly

Janet Compare
Between 1979 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carly went from #523 to #200 while Janet went from #124 to #896.
Lorraine Compare
Between 1979 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carly went from #523 to #200 while Lorraine went from #14 to #896.
Pauline Compare
Between 1979 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carly went from #523 to #200 while Pauline went from #45 to #896.
Suzanne Compare
Between 1979 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carly went from #523 to #200 while Suzanne went from #48 to #734.

Moved the same way as Carly

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Carly went from #187 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Carly went from #187 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Carly went from #187 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Carly went from #187 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #52 in New South Wales, Australia in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carly

Carly at a glance

What stands out in Carly's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carly across 4 official records

Carly by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carly appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Carly

Carly and the names beside it

Carly moved ahead of

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Carly at a glance

What stands out in Carly's record

Carly across 4 official records

Carly by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carly appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Carly

Carly and the names beside it

Carly moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carly

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