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The name Carey is of Welsh origin, and means near a castle. The table below indicates the number of times the name Carey has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Carey**
Use of the Name Carey for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
15,713	10,073	1,997	0	0	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Carey has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Carey last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1992, the last year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Carey**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	506	13	756	6
1881	661	8	967	4
1882	430	18
1883	404	19
1884	361	24
1885	524	13
1886	988	5
1887	424	16
1888	559	13
1889	484	15
1890	609	11
1891	569	11
1892	447	19
1893	623	11
1894	599	12
1895	491	17
1896	539	15
1897	423	20
1898	422	22
1899	554	13
1900	447	26
1901	641	11
1902	657	12
1903	553	16
1904	542	17
1905	529	19
1906	618	15
1907	823	11
1908	635	17
1909	808	13
1910	571	25
1911	898	14
1912	714	36
1913	747	39
1914	611	68
1915	785	59
1916	762	64
1917	669	80
1918	873	58
1919	728	76
1920	855	63
1921	836	68
1922	707	85
1923	803	69
1924	839	66
1925	842	62
1926	711	80
1927	789	70
1928	846	61
1929	683	81
1930	800	65
1931	839	56
1932	717	75
1933	774	62
1934	619	93
1935	663	80
1936	645	81
1937	629	86
1938	579	103
1939	647	84
1940	602	97
1941	580	104
1942	531	132
1943	547	131
1944	520	135
1945	514	136
1946	489	171
1947	444	225
1948	439	231
1949	469	196
1950	407	273
1951	398	291
1952	371	336
1953	392	320	908	107
1954	361	401	804	136
1955	378	364	832	135
1956	396	363	783	158
1957	351	460	850	142
1958	392	400	824	150
1959	375	438	875	139
1960	412	368	897	137
1961	438	331	831	160
1962	439	326	767	183
1963	436	334	821	161
1964	442	331	844	152
1965	462	285	811	150
1966	435	306	765	164
1967	422	324	596	255
1968	418	338	530	324
1969	424	344	506	372
1970	453	324	487	410
1971	436	348	420	504
1972	467	285	410	481
1973	469	279	375	559
1974	463	298	336	658
1975	465	301	304	754
1976	498	256	321	695
1977	523	252	364	599
1978	558	223	389	535
1979	609	198	497	406
1980	667	167	546	340
1981	675	164	646	273
1982	669	171	689	254
1983	658	168	736	222
1984	696	156	791	201
1985	682	169	904	175
1986	723	157
1987	775	140
1988	732	166
1989	835	143
1990	857	141
1991	919	131
1992	966	124
Totals:		15,713		10,101

During the last 125 years, parents have used Carey as a boy's name about 60% of the time and as a girl's name about 39% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either boys or girls. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Carey appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 113 times during the last 125 years.

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