Carrie
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning free woman; a form of Caroline.
Carrie by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Carrie. In the US, 128 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 8,662 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Caroline
Like Carrie, each of these traces back to Caroline: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Carolinafree woman; a form of Caroline715 in the US (2017)
- Carolynstrong and womanly; a form of Caroline321 in the US (2017)
- Karolinefree woman; variant of Caroline139 in the US (2017)
- Carolynnfree woman; a form of Caroline44 in the US (2017)
- Caralinefree woman; respelling of Caroline33 in the US (2017)
- Carolynefree man; variant spelling of Caroline25 in the US (2017)
- Carlenefree woman; a form of Caroline16 in the US (2017)
- Carolinfree man or woman; a form of Caroline13 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carrie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Carrie
Names that are said the same way as Carrie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean freedom
Like Carrie, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Charlottefree woman; feminine form of Charles12,900 in the US (2017)
- Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
- Lottiefree woman; from Charlotte1,222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Charleefree man; a feminine spelling of charles1,176 in the US (2017)
- Frankiefree man; a form of Frank887 in England and Wales (2025)
- Francisfree man; from the Franks262 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Carrie
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