Carey

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Carey closed 2025 at #6,519 on the boys' board: 13 boys, 0.001% of the market. The position is down 37% over ten years, well off its 1957 high of 461 (#353 that year); 16,878 boys have carried the name since 1880. It trades on both boards — the toggle up top swaps the desk to the girls' board.

1880

First listed

16,878

All-time boys

1957

Busiest year (461 babies)

Babies born

#6,519

Rank (M)

0.001%

Share of boys

-37%

10-yr change

-80%

30-yr change

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State distribution · Carey M · 2021–25

No state books to open — the SSA seals any state print under five babies a year, and Carey trades too thin on the boys' board for one to survive.

Trades near Carey · 2025 boys' board

Rank	Name	Babies	Share of boys
#6,514	BuchananM	13	0.001%
#6,515	CaelenM	13	0.001%
#6,516	CaetanoM	13	0.001%
#6,517	CaizenM	13	0.001%
#6,518	CalyxM	13	0.001%
#6,519	CareyFM	13	0.001%
#6,520	CarlinFM	13	0.001%
#6,521	CayceM	13	0.001%
#6,522	CayneM	13	0.001%
#6,523	ChettM	13	0.001%
#6,524	ChidubemM	13	0.001%

Origin

Carey: Variant of Cary; transferred from a surname.

Surnames · 647 listings

Same shelf:

Rank	Name	Babies	Share of boys
#9,161	EvelynFM	8	0.000%
#17	HudsonFM	8,583	0.50%
#27	CooperFM	7,472	0.44%
#1,980	HarperFM	77	0.005%
#45	CarterFM	6,024	0.35%
#36	JacksonFM	6,582	0.39%

Origin

Carey: Variant of Cary; transferred from a surname.

Surnames · 647 listings

Same shelf:

Rank	Name	Babies	Share of girls
#8	EvelynFM	9,123	0.57%
#2,223	HudsonFM	83	0.005%
#1,244	CooperFM	181	0.011%
#16	HarperFM	6,792	0.42%
#454	CarterFM	679	0.042%
#7,271	JacksonFM	15	0.001%

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