Karey is an uncommon variant of Kara that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Karey is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Karey was first reported in SSA data in 1937 and peaked in 1975 (119 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #17,780 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,494 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,953 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #17,800 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #15,065 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #13,106 | — |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #14,481 | #10,052 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,714 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #14,010 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #9,880 | #10,776 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #7,314 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #9,395 | #10,036 |
| 1996 | 34 | — | #3,882 | #8,463 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #8,384 | #7,387 |
| 1994 | 30 | — | #4,607 | #6,686 |
| 1993 | 28 | — | #5,317 | #5,572 |
| 1992 | 37 | — | #4,017 | #5,063 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | #6,085 | #4,626 |
| 1990 | 39 | — | #3,952 | #4,287 |
| 1989 | 35 | — | #4,065 | #4,668 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #4,944 | #7,904 |
| 1987 | 32 | — | #4,185 | #3,860 |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #3,161 | #3,064 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #3,911 | #4,206 |
| 1984 | 44 | — | #2,645 | #4,386 |
| 1983 | 43 | — | #2,251 | — |
| 1982 | 71 | — | #1,762 | #4,812 |
| 1981 | 73 | — | #1,896 | #2,834 |
| 1980 | 77 | — | #1,650 | #5,229 |
| 1979 | 66 | — | #1,842 | #4,630 |
| 1978 | 80 | — | #1,549 | #4,006 |
| 1977 | 122 | — | #1,113 | #4,865 |
| 1976 | 123 | — | #1,109 | #2,887 |
| 1975 | 133 | — | #1,015 | #2,833 |
| 1974 | 109 | — | #1,206 | #2,405 |
| 1973 | 99 | — | #1,214 | #3,123 |
| 1972 | 95 | — | #1,195 | #5,364 |
| 1971 | 89 | — | #1,340 | #3,524 |
| 1970 | 94 | — | #1,322 | #2,574 |
| 1969 | 74 | — | #1,600 | #2,015 |
| 1968 | 93 | — | #1,201 | #2,663 |
| 1967 | 77 | — | #1,408 | #2,084 |
| 1966 | 60 | — | #1,706 | #2,008 |
| 1965 | 46 | — | #1,964 | #2,548 |
| 1964 | 46 | — | #1,931 | #3,158 |
| 1963 | 48 | — | #2,109 | #2,079 |
| 1962 | 57 | — | #1,873 | #1,878 |
| 1961 | 55 | — | #1,974 | #1,847 |
| 1960 | 54 | — | #2,030 | #1,748 |
| 1959 | 51 | — | #1,867 | #2,160 |
| 1958 | 40 | — | #1,926 | #3,419 |
| 1957 | 38 | — | #2,136 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 33 | — | #2,423 | #2,564 |
| 1955 | 35 | — | #2,436 | #2,183 |
| 1954 | 25 | — | #2,642 | #3,304 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #4,796 | #2,623 |
| 1952 | 20 | — | #4,698 | #2,208 |
| 1951 | 22 | — | #2,867 | #2,952 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #3,550 | #3,505 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | — | #3,515 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #4,049 | #3,493 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #5,695 | #2,991 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #5,313 | #3,773 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,894 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,287 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,393 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #4,724 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,797 |