Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Carrie

Gender

Male

Origin

American
Melody, Song
English
Familar variant of Carol, Carla, and Caroline

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Carrie

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Dick Van Dyke, Daughter of Dick Van Dyke

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1980 (rank #1909, 29 births); most recent 1989 (rank #4526, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #28, 8,663 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2719, 63 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–63
2024–53
2023–68
2022–68
2021–77
2020–82
2019–93
2018–115
2017–130
2016–143

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #353, 97 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2439, 11 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202511
20245
20236
20225
202111
20207
201914
201818
201728
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1960 (rank #1195, 5 births); most recent 2020 (rank #4570, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
20204
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #197, 28 births); most recent 2024 (rank #869, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
20234
20224
20215
2020–
20194
20186
20174
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #57, 149 births); most recent 2021 (rank #558, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
20206
2019–
20184
20179
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #209, 7 births); most recent 2020 (rank #397, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1975 (rank #42, 71 births); most recent 2016 (rank #659, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20165
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence