Carrie Forename
3,078th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 338,421 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States
Carrie Forename Definition:
Occasionally CARRY. The usual diminutive of Carola, Carolina or Caroline, as Chatty and Lottie are of Charlotte.
Read More About This ForenameCarrie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 294,379 | 1:1,232 | 267 |
| Canada | 100% | 21,416 | 1:1,547 | 337 |
| England | 100% | 9,903 | 1:5,615 | 571 |
| China | - | 1,874 | 1:728,952 | 30,364 |
| Australia | - | 1,743 | 1:7,836 | 824 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,318 | 1:4,059 | 437 |
| New Zealand | - | 774 | 1:5,861 | 768 |
| Hong Kong | - | 729 | 1:10,635 | 962 |
| Philippines | 90% | 727 | 1:145,818 | 7,183 |
| South Africa | 100% | 649 | 1:84,026 | 7,251 |
| Wales | 100% | 606 | 1:5,106 | 601 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 574 | 1:29,446 | 2,457 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 404 | 1:4,562 | 543 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 341 | 1:89,296 | 6,463 |
| Ireland | 100% | 315 | 1:14,741 | 864 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Singapore | 100% | 188 | 1:33,442 | 5,908 |
| Thailand | 97% | 167 | 1:419,556 | 21,076 |
| Germany | 100% | 123 | 1:785,999 | 6,839 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 70 | 1:339,567 | 23,353 |
| Sweden | 98% | 67 | 1:147,133 | 5,679 |
| Qatar | 75% | 66 | 1:35,903 | 4,803 |
| Brazil | 100% | 63 | 1:3,400,574 | 60,429 |
| Chile | 86% | 63 | 1:279,479 | 4,392 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Belgium | 100% | 62 | 1:185,323 | 4,734 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 62 | 1:168,246 | 7,350 |
| South Korea | - | 52 | 1:106,623 | 5,306 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 49 | 1:145,959 | 10,004 |
| Italy | 100% | 47 | 1:1,299,193 | 10,462 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 38 | 1:35,827 | 3,585 |
| Belize | 100% | 35 | 1:10,123 | 1,523 |
| Mexico | 100% | 35 | 1:3,546,984 | 16,455 |
| India | 95% | 34 | 1:35,731,705 | 689,842 |
| Liberia | 100% | 34 | 1:129,766 | 5,183 |
| France | 100% | 33 | 1:2,014,253 | 11,794 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 33 | 1:248,894 | 5,304 |
| Botswana | - | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Denmark | - | 30 | 1:188,317 | 4,268 |
| Russia | 100% | 29 | 1:4,973,576 | 24,318 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Macau | - | 26 | 1:23,393 | 397 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 24 | 1:2,554 | 554 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 22 | 1:4,988 | 824 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Guernsey | - | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Peru | 100% | 21 | 1:1,513,879 | 17,250 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Japan | - | 19 | 1:6,736,108 | 30,453 |
| Spain | 100% | 19 | 1:2,448,946 | 12,647 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 18 | 1:31,336 | 1,560 |
| Zimbabwe | 83% | 18 | 1:856,879 | 31,986 |
| Nigeria | 78% | 17 | 1:10,444,962 | 119,257 |
| Kenya | - | 16 | 1:2,894,194 | 21,637 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Haiti | - | 15 | 1:715,130 | 13,163 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Indonesia | - | 8 | 1:32,245,458 | 686,574 |
| Jersey | 100% | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Argentina | 67% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Grenada | 50% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Congo | - | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Greece | - | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Carrié (3) are calculated separately.
Carrie (5,109) may also be a surname.
Carrie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Occasionally CARRY. The usual diminutive of Carola, Carolina or Caroline, as Chatty and Lottie are of Charlotte.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
User-submitted Reference
It is a feminine name of Greek origin, which means 'grace' or 'beloved'.
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Sample size: 194 (1901)
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