Cary

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cary: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #1,765, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1765highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cary's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2001

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1765 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cary by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Cary in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	21	5 of 10	4
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Cary appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1765 in England and Wales in 1996.

Cary'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	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,765, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
13 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births 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.

Carter-Lee · #1692, 11y
Carwyn · #464, 27y
Carys · #130, 29y
Casandra · #523, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Khushal · #1765, 17y
Majed · #1765, 14y
Rowland · #1765, 11y
Arwaa · #1767, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Filipe · #1765, 25y
Georgio · #1765, 27y
Hatim · #1765, 23y
Jools · #1765, 25y

Cary 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 Cary without appearing here.

Cary moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4702 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Cary

Ronny Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1765 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #656.
Gustav Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1786.
Henrik Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #2020.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Cary

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Cary

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cary went from #1765 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1765 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cary

Cary at a glance

What stands out in Cary's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cary by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cary appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cary at a glance

What stands out in Cary's record

Cary by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cary appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cary and the names beside it

Cary moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cary

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