Carey

girls:

12.7k births since 1880

#1385 (76th percentile)

boys:

16.8k births since 1880

#885 (81st percentile)

overall:

29.6k births since 1880

#1483 (81st percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carey".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
12,736
Peak Births
756
Peak Year
1975
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
61.4%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#212
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
16,845
Peak Births
461
Peak Year
1957
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
49.0%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#183
Current Rank
#905
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Carey

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Carey. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 73.7% confident that Carey is pronounced as KEH-ree. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ree, at 12.3% confidence.

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KEH-ray (2 syllables)
7.0% confidence
K EH1 R EY0
KER-ee (2 syllables)
7.0% confidence
K ER1 IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Carey. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Carey, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KA-ree (2 syllables)
11 names 289k births
K AE1 R IY0
KEH-REE (2 syllables)
2 names 267.9k births
K EH1 R IY1

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K EH1 R IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.