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Karly

“Variant of Carly — Free man” — Germanic (Old Norse) origin

Girl's name · #2607 in the US (2025) · 90s

Karly has appeared in US records since 1972 — best rank #558 (1992) · 10,866 babies named Karly all-time · 1 in 25,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Karlys

• Karly Shorr — American snowboarder
• Karly Roestbakken — Australian soccer player (born 2001)
• Karly Rothenberg — American actress
• Karly Gaitán Morales — Nicaraguan film historian, author, writer
• Karly Robertson — figure skater

What Karlys become

Among 26 notable people named Karly:

Athletes appear 3.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Karly Roestbakken, Australian soccer player (born 2001).

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