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Carly is a female name derived from Carolina a feminine form of Charles. It was most popular in the UK Canada and Australia in the 1980s and in the US during the 1990s. Over 2000 American girls were named Carly each year between 1991 and 1998.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.