Caroll
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #5,355
Given to girls 62.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,302since 1918
Caroll over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
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| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,050 | 65 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,115 | 49 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,206 | 39 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Caroll! It came in at #3,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Caroll
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1946 at #1,050 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,174 girls born in 1946 were named Caroll (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 36.9% of all girls named Caroll (481) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,512 (1918) | #3,512 |
| 1920s | 70 | #2,699 (1927) | #3,806 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,127 (1938) | #1,698 |
| 1940s | 481 | #1,050 (1946) | #1,198 |
| 1950s | 245 | #1,583 (1951) | #2,246 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,668 (1962) | #3,520 |
| 1970s | 79 | #3,577 (1970) | #6,598 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,178 (1980) | #8,178 |
| 1990s | 23 | #10,271 (1991) | #12,183 |
| 2000s | 5 | #16,462 (2005) | #16,462 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caroll in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 25,975 of them was named Caroll, which outranked 79.7% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,076Romona53
- #1,076Sigrid53
- #1,076Zoe53
- #1,091Caroll52
- #1,091Carlyn52
- #1,091Coral52
- #1,091Janett52
- #1,101Bethany51
- #1,101Drucilla51
- #1,101Elna51
Tied with 9 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 92,077 of them was named Caroll, which outranked 53.8% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,799Washington16
- #1,799West16
- #1,799Williard16
- #1,867Caroll15
- #1,867Alvino15
- #1,867Antony15
- #1,867Ardis15
- #1,946Adron14
- #1,946Alf14
- #1,946Alferd14
Tied with 78 names at #1,867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.