Carrol
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to boys 58.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 175 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,067since 1890
Carrol 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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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | #1,628 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,233 | 74 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 | #1,385 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 | #1,112 | 45 |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | #959 | 56 |
| 1952 | #1,100 | 73 | #883 | 63 |
| 1951 | #1,027 | 82 | #874 | 64 |
| 1950 | #988 | 85 | #704 | 95 |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 | #793 | 75 |
| 1948 | #715 | 138 | #717 | 87 |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 | #614 | 123 |
| 1946 | #601 | 172 | #685 | 89 |
| 1945 | #559 | 173 | #581 | 108 |
| 1944 | #558 | 170 | #589 | 109 |
| 1943 | #533 | 200 | #505 | 152 |
| 1942 | #635 | 140 | #543 | 127 |
| 1941 | #592 | 141 | #462 | 164 |
| 1940 | #557 | 154 | #443 | 170 |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 | #430 | 174 |
| 1938 | #580 | 140 | #440 | 170 |
| 1937 | #583 | 133 | #446 | 157 |
| 1936 | #679 | 96 | #429 | 170 |
| 1935 | #721 | 87 | #432 | 169 |
| 1934 | #700 | 91 | #423 | 175 |
| 1933 | #814 | 67 | #429 | 165 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 | #445 | 160 |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 | #431 | 174 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 | #426 | 191 |
| 1929 | #895 | 64 | #436 | 184 |
| 1928 | #1,290 | 35 | #481 | 160 |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 | #489 | 154 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 | #552 | 122 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 | #494 | 150 |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 | #519 | 147 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 41 | #545 | 127 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #513 | 144 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #519 | 143 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #526 | 134 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #551 | 118 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | #572 | 113 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #564 | 109 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #534 | 115 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #576 | 97 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #605 | 69 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #641 | 48 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #713 | 36 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Carrol! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Carrol
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 674 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 528 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1934 at #423 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1912–1953
- Highest: 1 in 5,745 boys born in 1930 were named Carrol (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 250,116 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #423 in 1934, was only 1 in 5,901 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.1% of all boys named Carrol (1,705) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 34 | #900 (1896) | #1,001 |
| 1900s | 83 | #674 (1906) | #815 |
| 1910s | 725 | #534 (1916) | #700 |
| 1920s | 1,465 | #436 (1929) | #507 |
| 1930s | 1,705 | #423 (1934) | #433 |
| 1940s | 1,204 | #443 (1940) | #593 |
| 1950s | 481 | #704 (1950) | #1,144 |
| 1960s | 208 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,812 |
| 1970s | 111 | #2,366 (1971) | #3,436 |
| 1980s | 51 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,334 |
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.
Carrol in 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 58,583 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 54.9% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,818Vinita14
- #1,818Virgina14
- #1,818Voncile14
- #1,896Carrol13
- #1,896Adelyn13
- #1,896Adriana13
- #1,896Alena13
- #2,009Agustina12
- #2,009Allyne12
- #2,009Amparo12
Tied with 112 names at #1,896; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 9,489 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 83.9% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).