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Cary
Rank in 2024
#17,216
Born in 2024
5
Peak year
1975 · #723
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:31 in 2024 (#3,661)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5 girls were named Cary, about 1 in every 322,638.
- It peaked in 1975 with 204 babies, ranked #723.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 5,323 girls have been named Cary since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cary per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 290 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,534 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,211 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 767 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 165 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A male given name transferred from the surnames.
- A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cary, CC BY-SA 4.0.