Girl
Carley
As a girl's name, Carley is understood to mean "free man". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 16,538 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
EtymologyVariant of Carly
EtymologyMeaning "free man"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
50
1920s
212
1930s
185
1940s
156
1950s
131
1960s
38
1970s
454
1980s
1,795
1990s
5,927
2000s
5,589
2010s
2,001
Peaked in the 1990s · 16,538 total U.S. births since 1900