Karley

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karley: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #358, and it was last ranked in 2012.

3registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2012

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#4524
2009	#2535
2011	#4764
2012	#4838

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 England and Wales in 14 of the 17 years from 1996 to 2012.

In 2011: #937 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4764 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #4838 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012.
England and Wales · Girls

Karley by decade in England and Wales · 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 Karley in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	46	8 of 10	6
2010s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Karley 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Karley'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
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2012, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 15 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,838position in 2012, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

Karlee · #894, 9y
Karleigh · #873, 10y
Karlie · #363, 26y
Karlo · #2693, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Kruz · #358, 17y
Lejla · #358, 13y
Seona · #358, 19y
Zara-Rose · #358, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alanis · #358, 29y
Aqib · #358, 29y
Cortney · #358, 16y
Ella-May · #358, 28y

Karley was ranked #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Karley 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 Karley without appearing here.

Karley moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2535 and #4564.
Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3099 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #4157.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3099 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #3197.

Moved ahead of Karley

Selma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2535 and #2759 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #1608.
Marilyn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2535 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2150.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1755 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #983.

Moved the opposite way to Karley

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 while Ada went from #2683 to #384.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 while Alma went from #2096 to #749.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 while Alyssa went from #783 to #161.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 while Amalie went from #2096 to #663.

Moved the same way as Karley

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 and Abigail from #21 to #44.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 and Aimee from #70 to #153.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 and Aisling from #440 to #1150.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Karley went from #1755 to #4838 and Alex from #161 to #916.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Karley

Karley at a glance

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Popularity journey

Karley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Karley at a glance

Karley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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