girls:
7.9k births since 1972
#1835 (68th percentile)
overall:
7.9k births since 1972
#3046 (61st percentile)
The name Karley is the #3,046 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,860 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 60.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,835 (67.9% percentile) for all time with 7,860 births since 1972.
Karley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for girls in 1972).
For girls, Karley reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 34.0% percentile (ranked #577) with 160 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 160 births per million (ranked 34.0% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Karley ranks #894 for girls (5.6% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karley".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Karley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Karley is pronounced as KAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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