Carry
Carry is an English and German feminine given name, nickname and surname, which serves as an alternate form of Carrie and a diminutive form of several names including Carola, Carol, Carlotta, Carolin, Carolina and Caroline. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Carry
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carry is an English and German feminine given name, nickname and surname, which serves as an alternate form of Carrie and a diminutive form of several names including Carola, Carol, Carlotta, Carolin, Carolina and Caroline. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Carry
As a girl name
American parents first put Carry on the record books as a girl name in 1881, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1975, when 37 Carrys were born — ranking #2,232 that year. Carry last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Carry as a boy name dates back to 1894, when 5 babies received it. 1964 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Carry — #2,205 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Carry on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Carry last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 300 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Carry
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Carry. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Carry
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About the name Carry
Carry is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Carry's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #2,232. Use the chart and map above to compare Carry's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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