Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Carrie name popularity since 1925
198,894 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Carrie. Half of them were born in 1973 or earlier, so the typical Carrie is about 53 years old in 2026. Carrie peaked in 1880 as the #20 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 198,894
- Named Carrie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #20 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,726 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 198,063 girls · 831 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 2.23× its national share
Peak year is the year Carrie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Carrie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1977. Measured as a share of all babies, Carrie peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Fastest rise: Between 1955 and 1960, Carrie became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 1,610 baby girls to 1 in 642.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 2,340 to 1 in 5,600.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Carrie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Carrie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Carrie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 8,837 | 92 | – |
| 1930s | 12,525 | 140 | #158 |
| 1940s | 10,973 | 76 | #199 |
| 1950s | 16,179 | 75 | #233 |
| 1960s | 31,173 | 76 | #152 |
| 1970s | 66,825 | 217 | #29 |
| 1980s | 36,079 | 155 | #96 |
| 1990s | 10,315 | 0 | #310 |
| 2000s | 3,323 | 0 | #835 |
| 2010s | 1,421 | 0 | #1,685 |
| 2020–25 | 413 | 0 | #2,726 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.7% of babies named Carrie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Carrie is most popular
The index compares Carrie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Carrie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.23× | 6,172 |
| Mississippi | 2.02× | 4,838 |
| Alabama | 1.71× | 5,977 |
| Alaska | 1.56× | 459 |
| Wyoming | 1.46× | 390 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Carrie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie (this page) | 198,063 | 1880 |
| Cari | 12,757 | 1976 |
| Karrie | 9,870 | 1977 |
| Carie | 4,199 | 1976 |
| Carri | 3,466 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Carrie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Carrie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Carrie (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data