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Carrie

Girls' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~167,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,719 among girls
Births in 2025
63 267,540 since 1880
Typical age
50 years, median

Carrie popularity over time

Carrie rank by birth year, 1880–2025Carrie ranked #20 in 1880 and #2,719 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #20, in 1880.#100#1,000#2,719best #20 in 188018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Carrie was used most in 1977, when 8,688 babies were given the name. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 53 separate years.

The 2025 position is #2,719, on 63 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 50%. It climbed 294 places against the previous year.

Babies named Carrie per yearPeaks at 8,688 births in 1977.8,688 in 1977018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Carrie?

About 167,000 people named Carrie are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 267,540 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Carrie?

Half of living Carries are older than 50, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1970s. By the site’s era rules that makes Carrie a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Carrie

Ages of living people named CarrieHalf of living Carries are older than 50 and half younger.median 50020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Carrie is most common

Relative to births, Ohio carries 2.0× the national share of Carries.

Where Carrie is used more than average2 states use the name Carrie more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 2.0× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: 1.9× the national rateNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Carrie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Ohio 55 2.0×
North Carolina 47 1.9×

Carrie in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Carrie ranked #2,440 in 2025 on 11 births. That is 57% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Carrie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Carrie Fisher American actress, writer and screenwriter 1956–2016 109
Carrie Underwood American singer and actor 1983 60
Carrie Lam former Chief Executive of Hong Kong 1957 58
Carrie Chapman Catt American social reformer, suffragist 1859–1947 42
Carrie Snodgress American actress 1945–2004 39
Carrie Coon American actress 1981 38
Carrie Preston American actress 1967 32
Carrie Brownstein American musician and actress 1974 29
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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