Is Kary a boy or girl name?

Kary is a unisex name. Of the 3,378 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 58.1% were girls and 41.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1989, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Kary

Recorded 1917–2023 · United States

Kary was most popular in 1971, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,821 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,378 people named Kary.

Kary over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kary’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kary a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kary is a unisex name — 58.1% of the 3,378 Americans given it were girls and 41.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1989 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kary

Where Kary is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org