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
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 874 births
- Debut · boys
- 26 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 35,431since 1880
Carroll 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,567 | 51 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,385 | 51 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | #1,228 | 60 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,067 | 69 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | #1,124 | 66 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #1,022 | 78 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #1,044 | 71 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #1,109 | 62 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #904 | 88 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #897 | 85 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #861 | 93 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #813 | 98 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #737 | 118 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #692 | 134 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #688 | 145 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | #633 | 156 |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 | #575 | 172 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #548 | 184 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 | #563 | 183 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 | #575 | 177 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | #550 | 205 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 | #492 | 263 |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | #517 | 233 |
| 1961 | #1,428 | 61 | #486 | 264 |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 | #480 | 273 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 | #457 | 305 |
| 1958 | #1,164 | 83 | #465 | 284 |
| 1957 | #1,109 | 89 | #399 | 378 |
| 1956 | #1,043 | 96 | #377 | 392 |
| 1955 | #1,106 | 81 | #361 | 403 |
| 1954 | #1,011 | 94 | #346 | 428 |
| 1953 | #974 | 96 | #337 | 426 |
| 1952 | #930 | 99 | #322 | 486 |
| 1951 | #831 | 116 | #306 | 514 |
| 1950 | #755 | 131 | #285 | 554 |
| 1949 | #692 | 148 | #260 | 623 |
| 1948 | #622 | 177 | #269 | 606 |
| 1947 | #663 | 160 | #255 | 670 |
| 1946 | #601 | 172 | #229 | 683 |
| 1945 | #573 | 163 | #213 | 647 |
| 1944 | #544 | 176 | #208 | 706 |
| 1943 | #517 | 208 | #195 | 825 |
| 1942 | #536 | 191 | #200 | 788 |
| 1941 | #549 | 163 | #188 | 783 |
| 1940 | #550 | 156 | #190 | 755 |
| 1939 | #580 | 133 | #179 | 788 |
| 1938 | #544 | 157 | #175 | 827 |
| 1937 | #565 | 144 | #178 | 779 |
| 1936 | #554 | 138 | #172 | 789 |
| 1935 | #597 | 119 | #172 | 810 |
| 1934 | #665 | 102 | #164 | 874 |
| 1933 | #646 | 103 | #174 | 773 |
| 1932 | #715 | 90 | #173 | 816 |
| 1931 | #749 | 80 | #179 | 750 |
| 1930 | #744 | 88 | #181 | 757 |
| 1929 | #835 | 72 | #192 | 707 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 | #208 | 655 |
| 1927 | #904 | 68 | #202 | 694 |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | #193 | 738 |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | #189 | 731 |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 | #207 | 669 |
| 1923 | #912 | 64 | #196 | 700 |
| 1922 | #1,022 | 54 | #228 | 589 |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 | #204 | 669 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 | #212 | 607 |
| 1919 | #902 | 61 | #228 | 530 |
| 1918 | #900 | 63 | #231 | 521 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 | #202 | 563 |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | #205 | 541 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #206 | 527 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 | #211 | 382 |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 | #230 | 264 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #213 | 256 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | #240 | 113 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #256 | 89 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | #235 | 87 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | #242 | 77 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #244 | 72 |
| 1906 | — | #250 | 62 | |
| 1905 | — | #228 | 72 | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | #223 | 70 |
| 1903 | — | #233 | 60 | |
| 1902 | — | #256 | 52 | |
| 1901 | — | #254 | 46 | |
| 1900 | — | #244 | 69 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #216 | 60 |
| 1898 | — | #245 | 51 | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #222 | 58 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #255 | 50 |
| 1895 | — | #223 | 61 | |
| 1894 | — | #256 | 46 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #257 | 48 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #270 | 41 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #294 | 31 | |
| 1882 | — | #307 | 32 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #334 | 26 | |
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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#312 · 1 in 3,080
- Maryland#332 · 1 in 3,898
- Louisiana#525 · 1 in 5,223
- North Carolina#558 · 1 in 7,675
- Texas#794 · 1 in 12,131
Best ever in a state: #40 in Maine, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #312 | 11 | 1 in 3,080 |
| Maryland | #332 | 6 | 1 in 3,898 |
| Louisiana | #525 | 7 | 1 in 5,223 |
| North Carolina | #558 | 5 | 1 in 7,675 |
| Texas | #794 | 11 | 1 in 12,131 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| 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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1887 (#336 → #276)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1978 (#904 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1934 at #164 (874 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1977
- 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%)
- 22.5% of all boys named Carroll (7,963) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | #276 (1887) | #317 |
| 1890s | 494 | #216 (1899) | #250 |
| 1900s | 667 | #223 (1904) | #241 |
| 1910s | 3,786 | #202 (1917) | #222 |
| 1920s | 6,759 | #189 (1925) | #203 |
| 1930s | 7,963 | #164 (1934) | #175 |
| 1940s | 7,086 | #188 (1941) | #221 |
| 1950s | 4,170 | #285 (1950) | #366 |
| 1960s | 2,110 | #480 (1960) | #542 |
| 1970s | 1,042 | #672 (1970) | #842 |
| 1980s | 582 | #1,022 (1980) | #1,297 |
| 1990s | 259 | #1,730 (1990) | #3,010 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,035 (2003) | #6,758 |
| 2010s | 91 | #5,659 (2013) | #8,535 |
| 2020s | 19 | #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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 118,593 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 59.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,743Yetta15
- #4,743Yvonna15
- #4,743Zinnia15
- #4,978Carroll14
- #4,978Aaren14
- #4,978Ainsley14
- #4,978Alonna14
- #5,245Aarin13
- #5,245Abi13
- #5,245Adelia13
Tied with 266 names at #4,978; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 22,871 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 86.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,019Jarrad79
- #1,019Paulo79
- #1,019Skyler79
- #1,022Carroll78
- #1,022Alexandro78
- #1,022Charley78
- #1,022Eldon78
- #1,031Connor77
- #1,031Heather77
- #1,031Jarett77
Tied with 8 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.