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Karey

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 2,779

Ireland

#599

1991 births

Karey is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 79% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2015 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1975, when 133 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1937.

Karey over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

1,010
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Karey by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 5
1940s 65
1950s 297
1960s 610
1970s 1,010
1980s 473
1990s 253
2000s 53
2010s (to 2015) 5

How popular is Karey?

In 2015, Karey was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Karey is used

Ireland #599 3 in 1991
Canada #2,675 5 in 1991
United States #18,327 5 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Karey

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Karey over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Karey

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Karey — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Karey

How popular is the name Karey?

In 2015, Karey was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Karey a girl's or a boy's name?

Karey is used for both girls and boys. About 79% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Karey most popular?

Karey peaked in 1975, when 133 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.