girl's name

Karley

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 8,685

Northern Ireland

#454

1997 births

Karley is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 46 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2005, when 317 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 72,077 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1972.

Karley over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,825
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Karley by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 83
1980s 414
1990s 2,452
2000s 2,825
2010s 1,647
2020s (to 2025) 534

How popular is Karley?

In 2025, Karley was given to 46 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Karley is used

Northern Ireland #454 3 in 1997
Scotland #665 5 in 2018
Ireland #1,143 3 in 2011
United States #3,379 46 in 2025
Canada #3,959 5 in 2023
England & Wales #5,750 4 in 2012

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 Karley

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

Parents who like Karley also like

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

Sibling names for Karley

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

Common questions about Karley

How popular is the name Karley?

In 2025, Karley was given to 46 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Karley is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Karley most popular?

Karley peaked in 2005, when 317 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Karley a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Karley currently ranks #3,379 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.