Carly is a given name, a feminine form of Carl.
Variant different spellings include Carley, Carlie, Carlee, Carleigh and Carli,[1] as well as Karly, Karli, Karley, Karlee, Karlie and Karleigh.
[2] The name became popular in large part, if not primarily, because of the success of Carly Simon's music in the 1970s – its first appearance in the top 1000 US baby names was in 1973, soon after her first success.
[citation needed] It was most popular in the UK, Canada and Australia in the 1980s and in the United States during the 1990s.
[citation needed] Over 2,000 American baby girls were named Carly each year between 1991 and 1998.