Carley

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Carley: Recorded since 1984, it reached #339 in 2002, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#736
1997	#629
1998	#583
1999	#678
2000	#1139
2001	#1520
2002	#1530
2003	#1325
2004	#1459
2005	#1500
2006	#1983
2007	#1234
2008	#1641
2009	#1526
2010	#1731
2011	#2150
2012	#2338
2013	#2649
2014	#2862
2015	#3615
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

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 21 of the 42 years from 1984 to 2025.

In 2018: #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4684 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1984–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 389 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1984.

Carley across 2 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.

Carley'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	#516 (1984)	#442 (1988)	#885 (2025)	21 of 42	100 (1984–2025)	8 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#736 (1996)	#583 (1998)	#5891 (2024)	25 of 29	389 (1996–2024)	45 (1998)

Carley 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 Carley in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	151	4 of 10	38
2000sbusiest	154	10 of 10	15
2010s	78	9 of 10	9
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Carley 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 1984 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Carley'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#678	35	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#583	45	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#629	40	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	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 1984 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 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.

Carla · #74, 61y
Carleigh · #661, 9y
Carlie · #344, 24y
Carlito · #2174, 19y

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.

Bronwen · #339, 31y
Colt · #339, 25y
Julianna · #339, 34y
Larissa · #339, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Dannielle · #337, 23y
Elaina · #337, 33y
Laragh · #336, 27y
Ailise · #343, 14y

Carley was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. 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.

Carley 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 Carley without appearing here.

Carley moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1520 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #2301.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #593 and #593 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #494 and #896.
Cheryl Compare
In 2016 they stood at #593 and #475 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Geraldine Compare
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #705 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #501 and #862.

Moved ahead of Carley

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Yvonne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4684 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.

Moved the opposite way to Carley

Abigail Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 while Abigail went from #459 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 while Alexandra went from #280 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 while Alice went from #137 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 while Anna went from #65 to #26.

Moved the same way as Carley

Aoife Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 and Aoife from #16 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 and Audrey from #98 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 and Eileen from #92 to #443.
Margaret Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carley went from #516 to #885 and Margaret from #26 to #135.

What's not yet available

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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 1984 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carley

Carley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carley across 2 official records

Carley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Carley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Carley at a glance

Carley across 2 official records

Carley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Carley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Carley

Carley and the names beside it

Carley moved ahead of

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