Karry
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Karry has been given to 1,848 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 60 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% girls, 35% boys all-time.
Babies named Karry, 2014
1 in 741,000
Karry over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Karry over time
In 2019, Karry went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Karry?
Karry had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2014
- 1 in 741,000
- 5 of 3,706,812 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 357,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2014
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 513,874 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Karry sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Karry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Karrys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Karry was born before 1973 — so the typical Karry is around 52 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 35.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 11.1%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,194
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 35.8% of all recorded uses (430).
Is Karry rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1971 (60)
- Years since peak
- 54
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 41.7% average annual change
Spellings of Karry
Karry is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 63.3% against Karry's 0.02%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Karry is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Karry was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 469,956 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Michigan1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4Indiana1 in —
- 5New York1 in —
- 6Oklahoma1 in —
- 7Pennsylvania1 in —
- 8Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Karry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Karry is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Karry was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,028,863 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Karry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Karry by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Karry
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Karry
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.