Is Cary a boy or girl name?
Cary is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 5 girls and 31 boys were named Cary, so 13.9% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 17.9% of the 29,795 US babies named Cary were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #3,607
- Girl rank, 2024
- #15,688
- Babies named Cary since 1880
- 29,795
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 906 babies
Boys and girls named Cary, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | 12 | 8.6% |
| 1890s | 123 | 30 | 19.6% |
| 1900s | 135 | 46 | 25.4% |
| 1910s | 382 | 123 | 24.4% |
| 1920s | 551 | 142 | 20.5% |
| 1930s | 666 | 140 | 17.4% |
| 1940s | 2,807 | 267 | 8.7% |
| 1950s | 5,459 | 853 | 13.5% |
| 1960s | 7,047 | 1,053 | 13% |
| 1970s | 3,599 | 1,612 | 30.9% |
| 1980s | 1,783 | 642 | 26.5% |
| 1990s | 1,004 | 267 | 21% |
| 2000s | 360 | 87 | 19.5% |
| 2010s | 285 | 44 | 13.4% |
| 2020s | 144 | 5 | 3.4% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 | #3,607 | 5 | #15,688 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,475 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,222 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,925 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,938 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,948 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,499 | 5 | #16,160 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,526 | 5 | #16,356 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,241 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,442 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,561 | 7 | #13,344 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,349 | 6 | #14,980 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,729 | 5 | #17,396 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,617 | 9 | #11,363 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,125 | 7 | #13,748 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,053 | 7 | #13,980 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,294 | 7 | #14,124 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,197 | 8 | #12,905 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,693 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,329 | 14 | #7,980 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,956 | 11 | #9,374 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,582 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,765 | 8 | #11,321 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,122 | 13 | #7,817 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,945 | 19 | #5,746 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,030 | 16 | #6,243 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,407 | 18 | #5,616 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,366 | 23 | #4,533 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,537 | 27 | #3,959 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,245 | 22 | #4,549 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,096 | 24 | #4,267 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,038 | 25 | #4,121 |
| 1992 | 125 | #962 | 31 | #3,511 |
| 1991 | 143 | #882 | 34 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 157 | #813 | 47 | #2,530 |
| 1989 | 172 | #751 | 47 | #2,449 |
| 1988 | 161 | #746 | 41 | #2,604 |
| 1987 | 177 | #682 | 40 | #2,536 |
| 1986 | 182 | #666 | 45 | #2,269 |
| 1985 | 197 | #625 | 64 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 179 | #643 | 65 | #1,686 |
| 1983 | 157 | #683 | 82 | #1,427 |
| 1982 | 177 | #653 | 76 | #1,555 |
| 1981 | 186 | #629 | 97 | #1,304 |
| 1980 | 195 | #626 | 85 | #1,436 |
| 1979 | 198 | #610 | 101 | #1,262 |
| 1978 | 231 | #547 | 131 | #1,037 |
| 1977 | 270 | #495 | 165 | #872 |
| 1976 | 325 | #430 | 183 | #780 |
| 1975 | 360 | #405 | 204 | #722 |
| 1974 | 306 | #459 | 177 | #779 |
| 1973 | 385 | #396 | 154 | #843 |
| 1972 | 411 | #388 | 156 | #837 |
| 1971 | 543 | #337 | 186 | #782 |
| 1970 | 570 | #331 | 155 | #864 |
| 1969 | 622 | #304 | 129 | #937 |
| 1968 | 663 | #286 | 124 | #931 |
| 1967 | 629 | #290 | 111 | #970 |
| 1966 | 763 | #264 | 72 | #1,275 |
| 1965 | 689 | #286 | 78 | #1,218 |
| 1964 | 749 | #282 | 74 | #1,295 |
| 1963 | 764 | #279 | 119 | #973 |
| 1962 | 784 | #275 | 107 | #1,046 |
| 1961 | 624 | #315 | 121 | #983 |
| 1960 | 760 | #286 | 118 | #987 |
| 1959 | 779 | #283 | 127 | #930 |
| 1958 | 583 | #315 | 127 | #911 |
| 1957 | 788 | #268 | 114 | #971 |
| 1956 | 555 | #315 | 125 | #895 |
| 1955 | 490 | #335 | 81 | #1,107 |
| 1954 | 510 | #317 | 72 | #1,181 |
| 1953 | 407 | #342 | 75 | #1,121 |
| 1952 | 462 | #324 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1951 | 442 | #327 | 41 | #1,464 |
| 1950 | 443 | #323 | 40 | #1,453 |
| 1949 | 447 | #325 | 44 | #1,395 |
| 1948 | 436 | #319 | 34 | #1,604 |
| 1947 | 357 | #362 | 34 | #1,639 |
| 1946 | 305 | #370 | 30 | #1,625 |
| 1945 | 237 | #387 | 21 | #1,833 |
| 1944 | 248 | #382 | 24 | #1,703 |
| 1943 | 261 | #380 | 29 | #1,560 |
| 1942 | 207 | #425 | 19 | #1,988 |
| 1941 | 175 | #443 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1940 | 134 | #501 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1939 | 97 | #581 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1938 | 99 | #591 | 15 | #2,126 |
| 1937 | 73 | #700 | 8 | #3,185 |
| 1936 | 80 | #653 | 22 | #1,599 |
| 1935 | 61 | #792 | 15 | #2,115 |
| 1934 | 58 | #824 | 12 | #2,442 |
| 1933 | 55 | #836 | 14 | #2,175 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,007 | 15 | #2,152 |
| 1931 | 47 | #961 | 8 | #3,268 |
| 1930 | 53 | #917 | 11 | #2,711 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,028 | 13 | #2,459 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,042 | 12 | #2,640 |
| 1927 | 55 | #929 | 19 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,096 | 9 | #3,296 |
| 1925 | 52 | #933 | 19 | #2,038 |
| 1924 | 59 | #907 | 16 | #2,326 |
| 1923 | 59 | #884 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1922 | 60 | #892 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1921 | 75 | #773 | 12 | #2,789 |
| 1920 | 61 | #878 | 12 | #2,752 |
| 1919 | 57 | #878 | 21 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 50 | #946 | 21 | #1,815 |
| 1917 | 56 | #856 | 14 | #2,333 |
| 1916 | 42 | #988 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1915 | 53 | #847 | 12 | #2,410 |
| 1914 | 32 | #987 | 10 | #2,291 |
| 1913 | 28 | #932 | 11 | #1,908 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,029 | 12 | #1,632 |
| 1911 | 21 | #694 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 23 | #602 | 8 | #1,795 |
| 1909 | 24 | #532 | 5 | #2,258 |
| 1908 | 13 | #749 | 5 | #2,162 |
| 1907 | 14 | #706 | 6 | #1,867 |
| 1906 | 16 | #594 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 13 | #671 | 8 | #1,438 |
| 1904 | 12 | #692 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1903 | 9 | #797 | 12 | #1,038 |
| 1902 | 12 | #657 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 10 | #687 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 12 | #752 | 5 | #1,976 |
| 1899 | 8 | #795 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #706 | 5 | #1,742 |
| 1897 | 11 | #656 | 6 | #1,407 |
| 1896 | 21 | #426 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 11 | #644 | 6 | #1,449 |
| 1894 | 18 | #468 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 16 | #462 | 6 | #1,303 |
| 1892 | 11 | #648 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 8 | #715 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 9 | #675 | 7 | #1,115 |
| 1889 | 11 | #592 | 5 | #1,313 |
| 1888 | 16 | #486 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 9 | #641 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 13 | #519 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 17 | #443 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 9 | #670 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 10 | #604 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 13 | #517 | 7 | #753 |
| 1881 | 12 | #507 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 17 | #429 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Cary reached #264 in 1966. As a girl name, it reached #722 in 1975. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Cary
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.