Carnell
Last seen for girls in 1967 at #4,982 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 89.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1955 · 90 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,618since 1897
Carnell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,775 | 28 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,954 | 39 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,235 | 34 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,958 | 39 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,800 | 43 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,281 | 57 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,114 | 58 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,922 | 33 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,349 | 26 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,061 | 29 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,311 | 36 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,927 | 43 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,007 | 40 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,128 | 36 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,632 | 51 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,383 | 65 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,501 | 50 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,439 | 50 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,363 | 52 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,389 | 49 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,280 | 52 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,254 | 55 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,154 | 63 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,260 | 53 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,079 | 65 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,177 | 56 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,411 | 40 | |
| 1975 | — | #900 | 84 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,182 | 49 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,074 | 57 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,040 | 60 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,034 | 62 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,031 | 62 | |
| 1969 | — | #972 | 62 | |
| 1968 | — | #938 | 60 | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #991 | 54 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #984 | 59 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #930 | 66 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #990 | 61 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,004 | 59 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #777 | 92 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #936 | 65 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #785 | 89 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #766 | 90 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #786 | 82 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #896 | 62 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #892 | 62 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #885 | 60 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #808 | 72 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #879 | 60 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #1,006 | 40 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,055 | 39 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,119 | 37 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,157 | 34 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | — | #1,190 | 35 | |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,092 | 8 |
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| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five boys were named Carnell! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Carnell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,259 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #7,679)
- 2,444 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #7,679)
- 3,904 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1975 (#1,182 → #900)
- Biggest drop: 511 spots in 1976 (#900 → #1,411)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1955 at #766 (90 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1947–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,588
- Highest: 1 in 18,588 boys born in 1975 were named Carnell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #766 in 1955, was only 1 in 22,888 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 15.9% of all boys named Carnell (734) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1924
- Mostly girls until 1923, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 107 | #1,264 (1919) | #1,986 |
| 1920s | 248 | #1,242 (1926) | #1,538 |
| 1930s | 295 | #1,124 (1933) | #1,252 |
| 1940s | 421 | #808 (1949) | #1,092 |
| 1950s | 734 | #766 (1955) | #858 |
| 1960s | 573 | #930 (1962) | #997 |
| 1970s | 588 | #900 (1975) | #1,119 |
| 1980s | 511 | #1,154 (1981) | #1,384 |
| 1990s | 400 | #1,383 (1990) | #2,146 |
| 2000s | 396 | #2,114 (2005) | #2,828 |
| 2010s | 278 | #2,954 (2012) | #4,033 |
| 2020s | 62 | #5,235 (2020) | #8,022 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carnell in 1978
boys
#1,079
65 births · 1 in 25,259 boys
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 25,259 of them was named Carnell, which outranked 84.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Carnell
- #1,066Terance66
- #1,066Torrence66
- #1,066Tyran66
- #1,079Carnell65
- #1,079Bjorn65
- #1,079Brook65
- #1,079Everette65
- #1,087Benji64
- #1,087Emery64
- #1,087Emory64
Tied with 7 names at #1,079; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.