Carrie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Carrie: Recorded every year since 1976, it reached #170 in 1991, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#170highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Carrie's record

Ranked every year since 1976, 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	#353
1997	#396
1998	#493
1999	#567
2000	#539
2001	#540
2002	#750
2003	#545
2004	#626
2005	#657
2006	#753
2007	#764
2008	#1019
2009	#1083
2010	#988
2011	#1374
2012	#1297
2013	#1324
2014	#1702
2015	#2328
2016	#2367
2017	#1219
2018	#1649
2019	#1940
2020	#3117
2021	#2341
2022	#3970
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

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 48 of the 49 years from 1976 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #360 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–2024
Highest recorded position: #170 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1991 (recorded 1976–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Carrie appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 563 births with the name.

Carrie across 3 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.

Carrie'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	#360 (1976)	#170 (1991)	#898 (2024)	48 of 49	563 (1976–2024)	28 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#353 (1996)	#353 (1996)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	953 (1996–2024)	97 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#209 (2002)	#397 (2020)	18 of 24	79 (1997–2020)	7 (1997)

Carrie 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 Carrie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	26	4 of 10	7
1980sbusiest	192	10 of 10	19
1990s	158	10 of 10	16
2000s	102	10 of 10	10
2010s	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Carrie 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 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #170 in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Carrie'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1219	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#988	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1083	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1019	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#764	43	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#753	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#657	47	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#626	48	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#545	56	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#540	52	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#539	51	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#567	49	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#493	57	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#396	80	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#353	97	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#265	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#209	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#323	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	20	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	18	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	11	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	13	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	27	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	27	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	25	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#292	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	13	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	19	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	28	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	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 1976 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #170, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 97 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 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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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.

Elly · #170, 47y
Riona · #169, 49y
Arkadiusz · #168, 47y
Dorota · #172, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Riona · #169, 49y
Kealan · #168, 46y
Sana · #172, 45y
Sidney · #168, 31y

Carrie was ranked #170 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1991. 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.

Carrie 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 Carrie without appearing here.

Carrie moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1219 and #2201.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #4843.
Janet Compare
In 2011 they stood at #910 and #910 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #371 and #907.
Tyler Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1083 and #958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #988 and #1520.

Moved ahead of Carrie

Julie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2341 and #2499 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1849.
Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2115.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2341 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1948.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Carrie

Abigail Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 while Abigail went from #271 to #79.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 while Alexandra went from #263 to #145.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 while Alice went from #138 to #52.
Anna Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 while Anna went from #69 to #29.

Moved the same way as Carrie

Audrey Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 and Audrey from #52 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 and Eileen from #52 to #372.
Maria Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 and Maria from #38 to #73.
Martina Compare
Between 1976 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carrie went from #360 to #898 and Martina from #31 to #412.

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 3 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #170 in Republic of Ireland in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carrie

Carrie at a glance

What stands out in Carrie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carrie across 3 official records

Carrie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Carrie across 3 official records

Carrie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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