girls:
2k births since 1936
#3853 (33rd percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1917
#3221 (30th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1917
#4704 (39th percentile)
The name Kary is the #4,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,377 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 39.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,853 (32.6% percentile) for all time with 1,961 births since 1936. For boys, it ranks #3,221 (29.7% percentile) for all time with 1,416 births since 1917.
Kary first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1936 for girls). Birth data for Kary is available in 95 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (80 years for girls and 71 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kary has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (58.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kary were girls. Interestingly, until around 1968, the name was more popular for boys (58.3% boys from 1917 to 1967), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (69.2% girls from 1968 to 2023).
For girls, Kary reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #672) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 47 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2015, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kary ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 9.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kary reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #602) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 24 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kary".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kary. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.9% confident that Kary is pronounced as KEH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ree, at 27.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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