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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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.

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 1935

girls
#597
119 births · 1 in 8,812 girls
boys
#172
810 births · 1 in 1,286 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #597Carroll119

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #172Carroll810
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 8,812 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #592Georgianna120
  2. #592Ginger120
  3. #592Leora120
  4. #597Carroll119
  5. #597Gussie119
  6. #597Kaye119
  7. #600Celestine118
  8. #600Madonna118
  9. #600Saundra118

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

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 1,286 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 95.9% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #169Luther832
  2. #170Homer821
  3. #171Karl812
  4. #172Carroll810
  5. #173Willis789
  6. #174Horace788
  7. #174Mark788
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935