# Karley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,955 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 80, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern spelling variant of Carly.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 215 | 1,139 |
| 2012 | 159 | 1,440 |
| 2013 | 191 | 1,250 |
| 2014 | 162 | 1,412 |
| 2015 | 180 | 1,320 |
| 2016 | 134 | 1,631 |
| 2017 | 128 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 129 | 1,643 |
| 2019 | 98 | 1,980 |
| 2020 | 188 | 1,218 |
| 2021 | 121 | 1,714 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,478 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,919 |
| 2024 | 48 | 3,310 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,362 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 1,755 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2,165 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.