Carl
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778 · #1,132 for boys in 2025, 187 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 6,613 births
- Debut · boys
- 372 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 100 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 504,827since 1880
Carl over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,132 | 187 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,031 | 216 | |
| 2023 | — | #964 | 233 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,012 | 220 | |
| 2021 | — | #922 | 246 | |
| 2020 | — | #812 | 286 | |
| 2019 | — | #748 | 319 | |
| 2018 | — | #701 | 345 | |
| 2017 | — | #628 | 415 | |
| 2016 | — | #605 | 445 | |
| 2015 | — | #599 | 457 | |
| 2014 | — | #612 | 436 | |
| 2013 | — | #578 | 446 | |
| 2012 | — | #536 | 487 | |
| 2011 | — | #588 | 426 | |
| 2010 | — | #563 | 449 | |
| 2009 | — | #521 | 519 | |
| 2008 | — | #491 | 559 | |
| 2007 | — | #445 | 628 | |
| 2006 | — | #427 | 658 | |
| 2005 | — | #415 | 653 | |
| 2004 | — | #369 | 752 | |
| 2003 | — | #354 | 775 | |
| 2002 | — | #349 | 784 | |
| 2001 | — | #318 | 882 | |
| 2000 | — | #304 | 988 | |
| 1999 | — | #290 | 996 | |
| 1998 | — | #260 | 1,147 | |
| 1997 | — | #260 | 1,093 | |
| 1996 | — | #250 | 1,184 | |
| 1995 | — | #213 | 1,380 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #204 | 1,415 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #193 | 1,585 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #181 | 1,782 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #168 | 1,922 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #145 | 2,189 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #135 | 2,259 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #126 | 2,318 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #126 | 2,223 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #114 | 2,444 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #112 | 2,526 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | #108 | 2,567 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 | #106 | 2,605 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | #104 | 2,802 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | #106 | 2,793 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | #103 | 2,935 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | #100 | 2,898 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | #100 | 2,606 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | #99 | 2,615 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | #95 | 2,670 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 | #91 | 2,810 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 | #89 | 2,895 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | #90 | 3,013 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | #85 | 3,406 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 | #72 | 4,055 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 | #66 | 4,402 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | #62 | 4,522 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | #59 | 4,645 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | #57 | 4,890 |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | #56 | 5,227 |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | #54 | 5,797 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | #55 | 6,661 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 | #54 | 7,128 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #58 | 6,854 |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 | #56 | 7,255 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 | #53 | 7,808 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #54 | 7,501 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | #51 | 7,734 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | #49 | 8,192 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | #48 | 8,313 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 | #47 | 8,294 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | #47 | 8,137 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | #44 | 7,829 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | #45 | 7,823 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | #43 | 7,641 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | #44 | 7,288 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #43 | 7,689 |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 | #42 | 7,829 |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 | #40 | 8,050 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | #39 | 7,380 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 | #39 | 6,314 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 | #36 | 6,825 |
| 1943 | #1,291 | 40 | #33 | 7,472 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | #36 | 7,268 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | #29 | 7,160 |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | #32 | 6,752 |
| 1939 | #1,066 | 45 | #30 | 6,593 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 | #29 | 6,849 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | #28 | 6,914 |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 | #27 | 6,591 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | #28 | 6,693 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 | #28 | 6,683 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 | #28 | 6,188 |
| 1932 | #1,043 | 46 | #28 | 6,714 |
| 1931 | #941 | 54 | #28 | 6,583 |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 | #26 | 6,951 |
| 1929 | #1,032 | 50 | #28 | 6,895 |
| 1928 | #954 | 61 | #28 | 6,946 |
| 1927 | #1,010 | 57 | #26 | 7,277 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 | #26 | 6,939 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | #28 | 7,061 |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | #27 | 7,085 |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 | #28 | 6,871 |
| 1922 | #1,103 | 48 | #30 | 6,690 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 | #30 | 7,077 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 | #27 | 7,010 |
| 1919 | #1,090 | 45 | #29 | 6,474 |
| 1918 | #1,005 | 51 | #25 | 7,004 |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 | #24 | 6,699 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 | #23 | 6,785 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #22 | 6,613 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | #24 | 4,807 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 | #23 | 3,935 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | #24 | 3,224 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #26 | 1,574 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #26 | 1,339 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #25 | 1,215 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #29 | 1,074 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #27 | 1,018 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #27 | 951 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | #26 | 959 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #25 | 953 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #23 | 910 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | #24 | 952 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | #24 | 817 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #29 | 1,016 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #25 | 774 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | #24 | 919 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | #25 | 828 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #25 | 852 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 | #22 | 851 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | #22 | 861 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | #24 | 786 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #25 | 808 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | #24 | 675 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #27 | 693 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #27 | 704 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | #29 | 675 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | #28 | 588 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #32 | 556 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #34 | 494 |
| 1884 | — | #36 | 521 | |
| 1883 | — | #32 | 480 | |
| 1882 | — | #34 | 478 | |
| 1881 | — | #41 | 359 | |
| 1880 | — | #42 | 372 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Carl was already there! It came in at #42, and was given to 372 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 250 boys a year got the name.
Where Carl is popular in 1892
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Carl
- 101 spots since 2024 (#1,031 → #1,132)
- 320 spots since 2020 (#812 → #1,132)
- 533 spots since 2015 (#599 → #1,132)
- Biggest jump: 52 spots in 2012 (#588 → #536)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 2021 (#812 → #922)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #22 (6,613 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 58 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 100 yrs · run 1880–1979
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2021
- Highest: 1 in 128 boys born in 1915 were named Carl (0.78%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,134 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.6% of all boys named Carl (78,752) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,227 | #27 (1889) | #34 |
| 1890s | 8,047 | #22 (1894) | #24 |
| 1900s | 9,865 | #23 (1903) | #26 |
| 1910s | 48,454 | #22 (1915) | #25 |
| 1920s | 69,851 | #26 (1927) | #28 |
| 1930s | 66,759 | #26 (1930) | #28 |
| 1940s | 72,739 | #29 (1941) | #37 |
| 1950s | 78,752 | #43 (1951) | #47 |
| 1960s | 60,787 | #53 (1960) | #56 |
| 1970s | 31,370 | #66 (1970) | #89 |
| 1980s | 25,472 | #103 (1980) | #114 |
| 1990s | 14,693 | #145 (1990) | #216 |
| 2000s | 7,198 | #304 (2000) | #399 |
| 2010s | 4,225 | #536 (2012) | #616 |
| 2020s | 1,388 | #812 (2020) | #979 |
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.
Carl in 1892
Top girls' names in 1892
Top boys' names in 1892
More about 1892
girls
212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 21,234 of them was named Carl, which outranked 42.3% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 151 of them was named Carl, which outranked 98.0% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
- ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
- ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
- ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
- ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.