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“Variant of Carly — Free man” — Germanic (Old Norse) origin
Girl's name · #2725 in the US (2025) · 90s
Carley's best rank, #376, came in 1996; it has stepped well back to #2725 today. Roughly 17,000 girls have been named Carley since 1921. Carley is the less common spelling of Carly — about 8% of babies given the name are written this way; Carly itself ranked #1009 in 2025.
Around the world: about 1 in 7,000 girls in Ireland (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 24 notable people named Carley:
Sports figures appear 2.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carley Mijovic, Australian basketball player.
Similar names: Karli · Kelsie · Charlize · Harlie · Darby · Marli
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