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

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Peak · boys
1934 · 175 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,067
since 1890

Carrol over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #533, 1943peak #423, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2003
2002#15,4325
2001
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1998#14,1225
1997
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1992
1991#13,1475
1990#7,30311
1989#9,6817#5,6158
1988#10,3866#7,2705
1987#6,0896
1986
1985#8,3187
1984
1983#7,3128#4,4998
1982#9,2376#3,96610
1981#4,96314#4,9617
1980#9,0956#4,9407
1979#8,0617#5,3556
1978#5,95810#4,1578
1977#5,21312#3,8369
1976#5,60110#2,60116
1975#5,9849#2,75114
1974#4,04115#2,54915
1973#3,48118#4,5056
1972#3,71416#3,6228
1971#2,95523#2,36616
1970#2,77925#2,62113
1969#2,51527#1,72823
1968#2,43126#1,83619
1967#2,16730#1,97416
1966#2,66821#2,13214
1965#1,88737#1,51326
1964#1,97536#2,31013
1963#1,81541#1,62824
1962#1,52554#1,96217
1961#1,62748#1,63524
1960#1,76441#1,40032
1959#1,47853#1,43930
1958#1,23374#1,39631
1957#1,39857#1,34534
1956#1,36558#1,38531
1955#1,30959#1,33932
1954#1,19770#1,11245
1953#1,22562#95956
1952#1,10073#88363
1951#1,02782#87464
1950#98885#70495
1949#879100#79375
1948#715138#71787
1947#638168#614123
1946#601172#68589
1945#559173#581108
1944#558170#589109
1943#533200#505152
1942#635140#543127
1941#592141#462164
1940#557154#443170
1939#583131#430174
1938#580140#440170
1937#583133#446157
1936#67996#429170
1935#72187#432169
1934#70091#423175
1933#81467#429165
1932#83068#445160
1931#88760#431174
1930#1,08446#426191
1929#89564#436184
1928#1,29035#481160
1927#1,16144#489154
1926#1,26238#552122
1925#1,29637#494150
1924#1,18844#519147
1923#1,21341#545127
1922#1,73024#513144
1921#2,04819#519143
1920#1,43931#526134
1919#1,64924#551118
1918#1,80521#572113
1917#2,10016#564109
1916#2,24614#534115
1915#2,68810#57697
1914#1,89613#60569
1913#3,1875#64148
1912#1,84410#71336
1911#2,1916#1,3877
1910#1,42111#85913
1909#1,9576#84012
1908#68515
1907#2,0615#73513
1906#67413
1905#1,0027
1904
1903#8468
1902#7949
1901#9436
1900
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896#9007
1895#1,0795
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#9566
1891
1890#9945
1889
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1880
First appearance
1890

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1934 at #423 (175 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1912–1953
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,745
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Carrol (1,705) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s34#900 (1896)#1,001
1900s83#674 (1906)#815
1910s725#534 (1916)#700
1920s1,465#436 (1929)#507
1930s1,705#423 (1934)#433
1940s1,204#443 (1940)#593
1950s481#704 (1950)#1,144
1960s208#1,400 (1960)#1,812
1970s111#2,366 (1971)#3,436
1980s51#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 1933

girls
#814
67 births · 1 in 15,044 girls
boys
#429
165 births · 1 in 6,009 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #814Carrol67

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #429Carrol165
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 15,044 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 83.2% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carrol
  1. #808Lynda68
  2. #808Ray68
  3. #808Twyla68
  4. #814Carrol67
  5. #814Carleen67
  6. #814Elois67
  7. #814Kathrine67
  8. #820Bernardine66
  9. #820Dena66
  10. #820Ethelyn66

Tied with 5 names at #814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 6,009 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 89.7% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carrol
  1. #426Bud166
  2. #426Dwayne166
  3. #426Roderick166
  4. #429Carrol165
  5. #429Rodger165
  6. #431Ward164
  7. #432Hershel163
  8. #432Patsy163

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933