The first name Carrie
A girl’s name.
Pronounced /ˈkæ.ɹi/ 2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A diminutive of the female given name Caroline, also used as a formal given name.
Carrie is a short form of
.From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 11 girls were named Carrie, making it the 2,440th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 1996, with 97 births (#353).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Carrie with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Carrie at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 63 girls born in the United States were named Carrie, the 2,726th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1977, when 8,661 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Carrie in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Famous people named Carrie
29 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Carrie FisherAmerican actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
- Carrie UnderwoodAmerican singer and actor (born 1983)
- Carrie Chapman CattAmerican social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947)
- Carrie CoonAmerican actress, born 1981
- Carrie SnodgressAmerican actress (1945-2004)
- Carrie PrestonAmerican actress, born 1967
- Carrie BrownsteinAmerican musician and actress, born 1974
- Carrie Ann InabaAmerican television personality, dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer, born 1968
- Carrie JohnsonBritish press officer, wife of Boris Johnson, born 1988
- Carrie HamiltonAmerican actress, singer, playwright (1963-2002)
- Carrie Matilda DerickCanadian botanist and geneticist (1862-1941)
- Carrie PrejeanAmerican conservative activist and former model, born 1987
Questions
- How popular is the name Carrie?
- In 2025, 11 girls born in England and Wales were named Carrie, ranking 2,440th. Its peak was 1996, with 97 births.
- Is Carrie a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 267,540 US babies named Carrie since 1880 were girls.
- When was Carrie most popular?
- 1977 in the United States, when 8,661 babies were named Carrie, its highest rank at 28th.
- How do you pronounce Carrie?
- Carrie is /ˈkæ.ɹi/, 2 syllables.