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Carrie Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Carrie?

Ranking 1,768th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Carrie is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Carrie has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #20 for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1881.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1977 with 8,662 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Carrie in any given year was 115 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1883-1888, 1897-1900, 1911-1916, 1950-1960, 1966-1971, and 1972-1975, the name Carrie took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1977-2002, and 2006-2011.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carrie be?

Carrie's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Carrie has dropped.

The name Carrie is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Carrie has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Carrie (Girl)Carrie (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 115 1,768 < 5 --
2017 128 1,669 < 5 --
2016 142 1,564 < 5 --
2015 126 1,681 < 5 --
2014 149 1,491 < 5 --
2013 175 1,332 < 5 --
2012 154 1,470 < 5 --
2011 151 1,480 < 5 --
2010 181 1,300 < 5 --
2009 236 1,081 < 5 --
2008 264 1,000 < 5 --
2007 268 994 < 5 --
2006 308 865 < 5 --
2005 304 835 < 5 --
2004 310 810 < 5 --
2003 345 739 < 5 --
2002 321 750 < 5 --
2001 429 589 < 5 --
2000 536 503 < 5 --
1999 582 456 < 5 --
1998 629 420 < 5 --
1997 744 368 < 5 --
1996 876 321 < 5 --
1995 896 310 < 5 --
1994 1,012 276 < 5 --
1993 1,117 248 < 5 --
1992 1,284 221 < 5 --
1991 1,465 204 < 5 --
1990 1,707 170 < 5 --
1989 1,957 148 11 4,558
1988 2,205 132 5 7,434
1987 2,389 119 13 3,551
1986 2,560 109 13 3,468
1985 2,941 96 7 5,219
1984 3,691 78 19 2,545
1983 4,297 65 21 2,346
1982 5,186 57 19 2,524
1981 5,094 55 18 2,586
1980 5,761 46 29 1,910
1979 6,356 41 19 2,477
1978 7,320 35 27 1,871
1977 8,662 28 27 1,866
1976 7,992 28 25 1,938
1975 7,856 29 22 2,073
1974 6,435 42 17 2,369
1973 5,836 46 22 1,935
1972 5,422 53 14 2,549
1971 5,976 55 24 1,826
1970 4,977 73 20 1,999
1969 3,887 94 7 3,644
1968 3,978 86 8 3,136
1967 3,196 107 9 2,806
1966 2,475 142 < 5 --
1965 2,484 152 8 3,016
1964 2,976 134 10 2,686
1963 2,817 143 6 3,694
1962 3,030 141 9 2,871
1961 3,180 139 9 2,922
1960 3,148 139 10 2,704
1959 2,966 145 9 2,846
1958 2,578 155 16 2,028
1957 2,155 175 5 4,065
1956 1,530 208 7 3,261
1955 1,212 233 7 3,238
1954 1,310 221 7 3,205
1953 1,280 225 8 2,934
1952 1,110 235 5 3,818
1951 1,064 238 5 3,791
1950 977 241 6 3,369
1949 1,107 222 6 3,360
1948 1,174 212 < 5 --
1947 1,170 218 7 3,125
1946 1,070 220 11 2,288
1945 985 199 7 2,781
1944 1,021 197 8 2,664
1943 1,136 192 6 3,270
1942 1,187 185 8 2,741
1941 1,030 183 11 2,223
1940 1,092 176 12 2,098
1939 1,077 175 12 2,071
1938 1,121 179 15 1,831
1937 1,177 172 19 1,585
1936 1,183 166 7 2,902
1935 1,277 158 13 2,043
1934 1,259 158 11 2,286
1933 1,262 150 16 1,778
1932 1,396 145 12 2,209
1931 1,307 148 20 1,593
1930 1,466 145 15 1,983
1929 1,511 148 17 1,859
1928 1,652 140 13 2,286
1927 1,788 140 16 2,057
1926 1,860 138 20 1,731
1925 2,024 134 26 1,457
1924 2,052 135 14 2,249
1923 1,930 134 11 2,646
1922 2,120 122 11 2,651
1921 2,081 126 13 2,398
1920 2,108 121 11 2,632
1919 2,180 111 19 1,762
1918 2,130 113 12 2,418
1917 2,073 109 11 2,446
1916 2,159 103 16 1,864
1915 1,968 103 15 1,889
1914 1,798 91 10 2,124
1913 1,517 90 10 1,824
1912 1,580 82 7 2,078
1911 1,281 78 8 1,304
1910 1,381 70 9 1,130
1909 1,276 66 6 1,298
1908 1,239 66 10 892
1907 1,283 61 11 827
1906 1,188 62 6 1,138
1905 1,288 58 7 1,015
1904 1,280 54 6 1,084
1903 1,252 52 9 796
1902 1,376 50 < 5 --
1901 1,247 48 5 1,076
1900 1,711 48 6 1,188
1899 1,346 46 8 794
1898 1,371 47 5 1,149
1897 1,365 46 6 961
1896 1,388 45 8 836
1895 1,463 42 < 5 --
1894 1,452 39 6 975
1893 1,451 36 13 544
1892 1,588 35 5 1,091
1891 1,342 36 8 714
1890 1,510 29 8 755
1889 1,547 27 6 891
1888 1,647 24 6 939
1887 1,344 23 < 5 --
1886 1,396 21 7 777
1885 1,283 22 5 959
1884 1,245 22 5 995
1883 1,108 21 < 5 --
1882 1,037 22 6 856
1881 958 20 6 801
1880 949 20 8 691

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.