Carly

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Carly is a given name, a feminine form of Carl. It is also a pet form of given names such as Carla, Caroline ,Charlotte and Carlotta . Variant different spellings include Carley, Carlie, Carlee, Carleigh and Carli, as well as Karly, Karli, Karley, Karlee, Karlie and Karleigh.

From Wikipedia

Carly first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 235 babies (rank #187 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Carly

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Carly yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,382
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
235
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996235#187
1997228#191
1998186#223
1999166#242
2000138#279
2001131#287
200293#369
2003100#369
200499#386
200598#398
2006123#351
2007143#317
2008121#364
2009108#390
201079#513
201186#497
201264#648
201363#651
201453#742
201538#947
201630#1,147