Carroll

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,921
Given to boys 85.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 874 births
Debut · boys
26 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
35,431
since 1880

Carroll over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #517, 1943peak #164, 1934girlsboys
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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023—#8,9218
2022#15,3065—
2021—#7,08911
2020——
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,8198
2017#14,1246#12,2465
2016—#7,60510
2015—#8,0409
2014—#10,7176
2013—#5,65915
2012—#6,30613
2011—#9,6007
2010—#8,1399
2009—#8,3109
2008—#8,3249
2007#17,6365#8,9158
2006—#5,30316
2005#16,4625#8,2998
2004—#6,13812
2003—#5,03515
2002—#6,52210
2001—#5,14214
2000—#5,58812
1999—#4,16217
1998#7,53212#4,41315
1997#9,0179#3,16023
1996#9,5818#3,67818
1995#9,5538#2,55629
1994#6,67213#3,10922
1993#10,5887#2,69726
1992#6,00815#2,30332
1991#8,5889#2,29531
1990#5,28617#1,73046
1989#8,7618#1,56751
1988#11,7985#1,55347
1987#5,31214#1,53446
1986#6,61210#1,38551
1985#3,00830#1,22860
1984#5,22213#1,38247
1983#6,7059#1,06769
1982#3,78021#1,12466
1981#5,25413#1,11167
1980#4,97814#1,02278
1979#3,54122#1,04471
1978#2,68031#1,10962
1977#3,48621#90488
1976#3,18822#89785
1975#4,14115#86193
1974#3,42619#81398
1973#2,26734#737118
1972#2,97622#692134
1971#2,47730#688145
1970#1,90445#672148
1969#1,87144#633156
1968#1,70847#575172
1967#1,70245#548184
1966#1,48855#563183
1965#1,59549#575177
1964#1,44361#550205
1963#1,47857#492263
1962#1,40762#517233
1961#1,42861#486264
1960#1,14790#480273
1959#1,30667#457305
1958#1,16483#465284
1957#1,10989#399378
1956#1,04396#377392
1955#1,10681#361403
1954#1,01194#346428
1953#97496#337426
1952#93099#322486
1951#831116#306514
1950#755131#285554
1949#692148#260623
1948#622177#269606
1947#663160#255670
1946#601172#229683
1945#573163#213647
1944#544176#208706
1943#517208#195825
1942#536191#200788
1941#549163#188783
1940#550156#190755
1939#580133#179788
1938#544157#175827
1937#565144#178779
1936#554138#172789
1935#597119#172810
1934#665102#164874
1933#646103#174773
1932#71590#173816
1931#74980#179750
1930#74488#181757
1929#83572#192707
1928#90266#208655
1927#90468#202694
1926#84376#193738
1925#1,00855#189731
1924#99958#207669
1923#91264#196700
1922#1,02254#228589
1921#1,07250#204669
1920#1,20640#212607
1919#90261#228530
1918#90063#231521
1917#96452#202563
1916#1,16737#205541
1915#1,19033#206527
1914#1,05932#211382
1913#1,00329#230264
1912#2,1448#213256
1911#1,24114#240113
1910#1,42111#25689
1909#1,05215#23587
1908#1,08414#24277
1907#1,8216#24472
1906—#25062
1905—#22872
1904#1,00113#22370
1903—#23360
1902—#25652
1901—#25446
1900—#24469
1899#1,5965#21660
1898—#24551
1897#1,2637#22258
1896#1,5835#25550
1895—#22361
1894—#25646
1893—#24650
1892—#25748
1891—#30829
1890—#27041
1889—#29433
1888—#28937
1887—#27634
1886—#33625
1885—#33226
1884—#36024
1883—#29431
1882—#30732
1881—#34822
1880—#33426
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Carroll was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Carroll is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedAKMaine: #40 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 113 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMNIllinois: #180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,377 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedSDIowa: #96 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 435 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedINOhio: #146 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,026 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedVAMaryland: #85 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 446 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedHITexas: #253 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,296 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#40 · 1 in 113
  2. Maryland#85 · 1 in 446
  3. Iowa#96 · 1 in 435
  4. Ohio#146 · 1 in 1,026
  5. Illinois#180 · 1 in 1,377

Best ever in a state: #40 in Maine, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#4061 in 113
Maryland#8551 in 446
Iowa#9651 in 435
Ohio#14661 in 1,026
Illinois#18061 in 1,377
Texas#25371 in 1,296
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Carroll
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1887 (#336 → #276)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1978 (#904 → #1,109)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #164 (874 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 98 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,181
  • Highest: 1 in 1,181 boys born in 1934 were named Carroll (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,822 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Carroll (7,963) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s290#276 (1887)#317
1890s494#216 (1899)#250
1900s667#223 (1904)#241
1910s3,786#202 (1917)#222
1920s6,759#189 (1925)#203
1930s7,963#164 (1934)#175
1940s7,086#188 (1941)#221
1950s4,170#285 (1950)#366
1960s2,110#480 (1960)#542
1970s1,042#672 (1970)#842
1980s582#1,022 (1980)#1,297
1990s259#1,730 (1990)#3,010
2000s113#5,035 (2003)#6,758
2010s91#5,659 (2013)#8,535
2020s19#7,089 (2021)#8,005

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.

Carroll in 1910

girls
#1,421
11 births · 1 in 36,046 girls
boys
#256
89 births · 1 in 2,182 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #1,421Carroll11

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #256Carroll89
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 36,046 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 49.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #1,335Wilmer12
  2. #1,335Zilpha12
  3. #1,335Zita12
  4. #1,421Carroll11
  5. #1,421Alethia11
  6. #1,421Ana11
  7. #1,421Angelica11
  8. #1,521Adel10
  9. #1,521Aldea10
  10. #1,521Alexandra10

Tied with 99 names at #1,421; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 2,182 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 86.1% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #253Gene91
  2. #254Alonzo90
  3. #254Troy90
  4. #256Carroll89
  5. #256Byron89
  6. #256Carlton89
  7. #256Harley89
  8. #261Dewey87
  9. #261Noah87
  10. #263Boyd86

Tied with 4 names at #256; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →