Girl
Carrie
As a girl's name, Carrie traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Free woman". It has not kept pace since its 1970s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The registry counts around 240,003 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
GermanicDiminutive of Caroline
GermanicFree woman
Births by decade
1900s
13,206
1910s
18,184
1920s
19,278
1930s
12,665
1940s
11,048
1950s
16,256
1960s
31,246
1970s
67,049
1980s
36,236
1990s
10,312
2000s
3,321
2010s
1,202
Peaked in the 1970s · 240,003 total U.S. births since 1900