Karly

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

Girl's name · #2631 in the US (2025) · 90s

Karly reached #558 in 1992 and has eased to #2631 since. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1972. Karly is the less common spelling of Carly — about 8% of babies given the name are written this way; Carly itself ranked #1009 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:

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

Similar names: Carlie · Shayna · Charlize · Harlie · Darby · Marli

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