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Girl's name · #2725 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
Carley's best rank, #376, came in 1996; it has stepped well back to #2725 today. Roughly 17,000 girls have been named Carley since 1921.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#885 in Ireland (2025) · #5,012 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,975 in Canada (2024) · #5,892 in England & Wales (2024) · #675 in Scotland (2016) · #339 in N. Ireland (2002) · #337 in New Zealand (1979).
Among 24 notable people named Carley:
Sports figures appear 2.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carley Mijovic, Australian basketball player (born 1994).
Carley is the less common spelling of Carly — about 8% of babies given the name are written this way; Carly itself ranked #1009 in 2025.
Similar names: Karli · Kelsie · Charlize · Harlie · Shayna · Marli
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