How Many People Are Named Karley?
An estimated 7,743 people in the United States have the first name Karley. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Karley peaked in popularity in 2005 with 317 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karley as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Karley paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
7,743
About 1 in 44,266 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2005
317 births
Total Registered
7,908
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karley
Karley is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 7,908 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karley as a female name
Ranked #3,296 in 2024
48 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (317 births)
Karley: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karley span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 2,825 babies were registered. Karley has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karley by Decade
How has Karley tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Karley by State
Birth registrations for Karley span all 39 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Ohio. The lowest are in Nevada, North Dakota, Massachusetts. On average, about 147 Karleys were registered per state.
Karley + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karley as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karley
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karley: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karley?
We estimate approximately 7,743 people named Karley are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 44,266 Americans share this first name.
Is Karley a common name?
Karley is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 7,908 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karley most popular?
Karley reached peak popularity in 2005, when 317 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karley is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karley a female name?
Karley is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karley Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karley Smith, Karley Johnson, Karley Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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