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Girl's name · #2631 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
Karly reached #558 in 1992 and has eased to #2631 since. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1972.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#2,563 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,553 in Canada (2022) · #871 in Ireland (2019) · #809 in Scotland (2018) · #5,765 in England & Wales (2017) · #5,461 in France (2016) · #366 in N. Ireland (2010).
Among 26 notable people named Karly:
Sports figures appear 3.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Karly Roestbakken, Australian footballer (born 2001).
Karly 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: Carlie · Shayna · Charlize · Harlie · Darby · Marli
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