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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #517, 1943peak #164, 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
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 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedAKMaine: #53 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 217 boysMEVermont: #51 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 201 boysVTNew Hampshire: #104 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 631 boysNHWashington: #174 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,347 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #155 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 792 boysNDMinnesota: #193 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,536 boysMNIllinois: #209 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,931 boysILWisconsin: #186 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,580 boysWIMichigan: #236 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,408 boysMINew York: #380 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,407 boysNYMassachusetts: #153 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,784 boysMARhode 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: #135 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 652 boysSDIowa: #87 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 399 boysIAIndiana: #165 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,293 boysINOhio: #222 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,393 boysOHPennsylvania: #253 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,636 boysPANew Jersey: #283 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,011 boysNJConnecticut: #167 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,967 boysCTCalifornia: #328 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,343 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedUTColorado: #214 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,612 boysCONebraska: #137 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 730 boysNEMissouri: #199 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,638 boysMOKentucky: #178 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,217 boysKYWest Virginia: #151 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 924 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 599 boysVAMaryland: #56 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 285 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: #201 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,515 boysKSArkansas: #136 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 678 boysARTennessee: #152 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 999 boysTNNorth Carolina: #185 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,172 boysNCSouth Carolina: #160 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,078 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #104 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 676 boysDCOklahoma: #223 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,510 boysOKLouisiana: #238 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,421 boysLAMississippi: #268 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,253 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedALGeorgia: #218 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,689 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedHITexas: #175 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 886 boysTXFlorida: #172 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,090 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#51 · 1 in 201
  2. Maine#53 · 1 in 217
  3. Maryland#56 · 1 in 285
  4. Iowa#87 · 1 in 399
  5. New Hampshire#104 · 1 in 631

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#51121 in 201
Maine#53281 in 217
Maryland#56461 in 285
Iowa#87501 in 399
District of Columbia#10451 in 676
New Hampshire#10451 in 631
Virginia#117371 in 599
South Dakota#13591 in 652
Arkansas#136271 in 678
Nebraska#137161 in 730
West Virginia#151191 in 924
Tennessee#152241 in 999
Massachusetts#153191 in 1,784
North Dakota#15581 in 792
South Carolina#160171 in 1,078
Indiana#165201 in 1,293
Connecticut#16761 in 1,967
Florida#172141 in 1,090
Washington#17471 in 1,347
Texas#175621 in 886
Kentucky#178211 in 1,217
North Carolina#185291 in 1,172
Wisconsin#186151 in 1,580
Minnesota#193141 in 1,536
Missouri#199181 in 1,638
Kansas#201101 in 1,515
Illinois#209301 in 1,931
Colorado#21451 in 1,612
Georgia#218161 in 1,689
Ohio#222221 in 2,393
Oklahoma#223151 in 1,510
Michigan#236171 in 2,408
Louisiana#238141 in 1,421
Pennsylvania#253241 in 3,636
Mississippi#26891 in 2,253
New Jersey#28361 in 5,011
California#328111 in 3,343
New York#380131 in 7,407
Alabama
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Arizona
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
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Utah
Wyoming

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 1926

girls
#843
76 births · 1 in 15,597 girls
boys
#193
738 births · 1 in 1,505 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #843Carroll76

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #193Carroll738
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 15,597 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 85.0% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #836Sudie77
  2. #836Trinidad77
  3. #836Waneta77
  4. #843Carroll76
  5. #843Adelle76
  6. #843Altha76
  7. #843Dimple76
  8. #854Esta75
  9. #854Eugene75
  10. #854Jeanie75

Tied with 10 names at #843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,505 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #190Marshall765
  2. #191Ted764
  3. #192Tommy751
  4. #193Carroll738
  5. #194Antonio729
  6. #195Lowell725
  7. #196Elbert717
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926