Carys comes from the Welsh / Cornish tradition, meaning Love.
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How popular is Carys?
2006peak year
The name Carys reached its peak in 2006, with 196 registrations (ranked #1227). It had only entered records 15 years earlier, in 1991. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #3636) today, averaging about 47 new babies per year. Carys has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 2,295 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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