Neutral
Carey
The name Carey carries the meaning "Welsh place name", with roots in Welsh. It had its heyday in the 1970s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1975.
WelshWelsh place name
Etymology"Near the fort/castle"
Births by decade
1900s
175
1910s
617
1920s
824
1930s
931
1940s
1,854
1950s
4,831
1960s
5,346
1970s
8,371
1980s
3,628
1990s
1,684
2000s
597
2010s
280
Peaked in the 1970s · 29,138 total U.S. births since 1900