Kary

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kary by the numbers

Kary was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 76 babies in 1972, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kary

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kary. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karlfree man141 in the US (2017)
  • Korya form of Corey or Cory; maiden74 in the US (2017)
  • Khary9 in the US (2017)
  • Kairy6 in the US (2017)
  • Karo5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kary

Names that are said the same way as Kary, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Carymarshy fort or dark stream36 in the US (2017)
  • Khairigood or charitable4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaurikauri tree of new zealand10 in the US (2017)
  • Khayrithe good one; variant of Khayri or al-Khayri7 in the US (2017)
  • Khari379 in the US (2017)
  • Kairi369 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kary

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