Cary is an established name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Cary is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,676 for boy births in the United States (and #7,924 across all names), given to 30 babies. Cary first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1957 (788 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,676 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | #15,738 | #3,533 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,479 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,223 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,931 |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,940 |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,950 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #16,167 | #4,501 |
| 2017 | 36 | 36 | #16,360 | #3,527 |
| 2016 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,443 |
| 2014 | 28 | 28 | #13,347 | #4,562 |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 | #14,983 | #4,349 |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 | #17,401 | #3,730 |
| 2011 | 38 | 38 | #11,364 | #3,617 |
| 2010 | 31 | 31 | #13,750 | #4,125 |
| 2009 | 32 | 32 | #13,982 | #4,053 |
| 2008 | 41 | 41 | #14,125 | #3,296 |
| 2007 | 43 | 43 | #12,906 | #3,197 |
| 2006 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,693 |
| 2005 | 44 | 44 | #7,981 | #3,329 |
| 2004 | 45 | 45 | #9,374 | #2,958 |
| 2003 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,582 |
| 2002 | 42 | 42 | #11,321 | #2,765 |
| 2001 | 62 | 62 | #7,817 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 72 | 72 | #5,747 | #1,945 |
| 1999 | 63 | 63 | #6,243 | #2,030 |
| 1998 | 99 | 99 | #5,616 | #1,407 |
| 1997 | 104 | — | #4,533 | #1,366 |
| 1996 | 92 | — | #3,960 | #1,537 |
| 1995 | 109 | — | #4,549 | #1,245 |
| 1994 | 129 | — | #4,266 | #1,096 |
| 1993 | 138 | — | #4,121 | #1,038 |
| 1992 | 156 | — | #3,512 | #962 |
| 1991 | 177 | — | #3,218 | #882 |
| 1990 | 204 | — | #2,530 | #813 |
| 1989 | 219 | — | #2,449 | #751 |
| 1988 | 202 | — | #2,604 | #746 |
| 1987 | 217 | — | #2,536 | #682 |
| 1986 | 227 | — | #2,269 | #666 |
| 1985 | 261 | — | #1,763 | #625 |
| 1984 | 244 | — | #1,686 | #643 |
| 1983 | 239 | — | #1,427 | #682 |
| 1982 | 253 | — | #1,555 | #653 |
| 1981 | 283 | — | #1,304 | #629 |
| 1980 | 280 | — | #1,436 | #626 |
| 1979 | 299 | — | #1,262 | #610 |
| 1978 | 362 | — | #1,037 | #547 |
| 1977 | 435 | — | #872 | #495 |
| 1976 | 508 | — | #780 | #430 |
| 1975 | 564 | — | #722 | #405 |
| 1974 | 483 | — | #779 | #459 |
| 1973 | 539 | — | #843 | #396 |
| 1972 | 567 | — | #837 | #388 |
| 1971 | 729 | — | #782 | #337 |
| 1970 | 725 | — | #864 | #331 |
| 1969 | 751 | — | #937 | #304 |
| 1968 | 788 | — | #927 | #287 |
| 1967 | 739 | — | #973 | #290 |
| 1966 | 835 | — | #1,274 | #264 |
| 1965 | 767 | — | #1,218 | #286 |
| 1964 | 823 | — | #1,295 | #282 |
| 1963 | 883 | — | #973 | #279 |
| 1962 | 891 | — | #1,046 | #275 |
| 1961 | 745 | — | #984 | #315 |
| 1960 | 878 | — | #987 | #286 |
| 1959 | 906 | — | #930 | #283 |
| 1958 | 710 | — | #911 | #315 |
| 1957 | 902 | — | #971 | #268 |
| 1956 | 681 | — | #895 | #315 |
| 1955 | 571 | — | #1,107 | #335 |
| 1954 | 582 | — | #1,181 | #317 |
| 1953 | 482 | — | #1,121 | #342 |
| 1952 | 513 | — | #1,353 | #324 |
| 1951 | 483 | — | #1,464 | #327 |
| 1950 | 483 | — | #1,453 | #323 |
| 1949 | 491 | — | #1,395 | #325 |
| 1948 | 470 | — | #1,604 | #319 |
| 1947 | 391 | — | #1,639 | #362 |
| 1946 | 335 | — | #1,625 | #370 |
| 1945 | 258 | — | #1,833 | #387 |
| 1944 | 272 | — | #1,703 | #382 |
| 1943 | 290 | — | #1,560 | #380 |
| 1942 | 226 | — | #1,988 | #425 |
| 1941 | 186 | — | #2,692 | #443 |
| 1940 | 155 | — | #1,750 | #501 |
| 1939 | 117 | — | #1,749 | #581 |
| 1938 | 114 | — | #2,126 | #591 |
| 1937 | 81 | — | #3,185 | #700 |
| 1936 | 102 | — | #1,599 | #653 |
| 1935 | 76 | — | #2,115 | #792 |
| 1934 | 70 | — | #2,442 | #824 |
| 1933 | 69 | — | #2,175 | #836 |
| 1932 | 58 | — | #2,152 | #1,007 |
| 1931 | 55 | — | #3,268 | #961 |
| 1930 | 64 | — | #2,711 | #917 |
| 1929 | 57 | — | #2,459 | #1,028 |
| 1928 | 56 | — | #2,640 | #1,042 |
| 1927 | 74 | — | #2,034 | #929 |
| 1926 | 51 | — | #3,296 | #1,096 |
| 1925 | 71 | — | #2,038 | #933 |
| 1924 | 75 | — | #2,326 | #907 |
| 1923 | 76 | — | #2,190 | #884 |
| 1922 | 73 | — | #2,633 | #892 |
| 1921 | 87 | — | #2,789 | #773 |
| 1920 | 73 | — | #2,752 | #878 |
| 1919 | 78 | — | #1,810 | #878 |
| 1918 | 71 | — | #1,815 | #946 |
| 1917 | 70 | — | #2,333 | #856 |
| 1916 | 56 | — | #2,271 | #988 |
| 1915 | 65 | — | #2,410 | #847 |
| 1914 | 42 | — | #2,291 | #987 |
| 1913 | 39 | — | #1,908 | #932 |
| 1912 | 32 | — | #1,632 | #1,029 |
| 1911 | 21 | — | — | #694 |
| 1910 | 31 | — | #1,795 | #602 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | #2,258 | #532 |
| 1908 | 18 | — | #2,162 | #749 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | #1,867 | #706 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #594 |
| 1905 | 21 | — | #1,438 | #671 |
| 1904 | 17 | — | #1,930 | #692 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | #1,038 | #797 |
| 1902 | 12 | — | — | #657 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #687 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | #1,976 | #752 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #795 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | #1,742 | #706 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #1,407 | #656 |
| 1896 | 21 | — | — | #426 |
| 1895 | 17 | — | #1,449 | #644 |
| 1894 | 18 | — | — | #468 |
| 1893 | 22 | — | #1,303 | #462 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | — | #648 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | — | #715 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | #1,115 | #675 |
| 1889 | 16 | — | #1,313 | #592 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | — | #486 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | — | #641 |
| 1886 | 13 | — | — | #519 |
| 1885 | 17 | — | — | #443 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #670 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #604 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | #753 | #517 |
| 1881 | 12 | — | — | #507 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | — | #429 |