Karel
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #11,459 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 66.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 69 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,208since 1932
Karel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,610 | 22 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #838 | 69 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1932
The first year at least five girls were named Karel! It came in at #4,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 865 spots in 1939 (#1,703 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1940 (#838 → #1,010)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1939 at #838 (69 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,893
- Highest: 1 in 15,893 girls born in 1939 were named Karel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 204,124 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 29.9% of all girls named Karel (361) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 143 | #838 (1939) | #2,769 |
| 1940s | 361 | #1,010 (1940) | #1,417 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,344 (1953) | #1,866 |
| 1960s | 194 | #2,070 (1961) | #3,092 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,061 (1970) | #7,529 |
| 1980s | 41 | #7,398 (1984) | #8,704 |
| 1990s | 57 | #7,514 (1995) | #9,865 |
| 2000s | 40 | #11,459 (2009) | #13,503 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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