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

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Peak · boys
#22
1915 · 6,613 births
Debut · boys
1880
372 births
In top 100 · boys
100 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
504,827
since 1880

Carl over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #22, 1915boys
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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—#1,132187
2024—#1,031216
2023—#964233
2022—#1,012220
2021—#922246
2020—#812286
2019—#748319
2018—#701345
2017—#628415
2016—#605445
2015—#599457
2014—#612436
2013—#578446
2012—#536487
2011—#588426
2010—#563449
2009—#521519
2008—#491559
2007—#445628
2006—#427658
2005—#415653
2004—#369752
2003—#354775
2002—#349784
2001—#318882
2000—#304988
1999—#290996
1998—#2601,147
1997—#2601,093
1996—#2501,184
1995—#2131,380
1994#11,7786#2041,415
1993#10,5887#1931,585
1992#7,51211#1811,782
1991#10,2717#1681,922
1990#11,4096#1452,189
1989#5,54515#1352,259
1988#3,22530#1262,318
1987#3,10130#1262,223
1986#2,72435#1142,444
1985#3,24627#1122,526
1984#3,32925#1082,567
1983#2,59534#1062,605
1982#2,18546#1042,802
1981#2,77432#1062,793
1980#2,65135#1032,935
1979#3,44223#1002,898
1978#2,23741#1002,606
1977#2,30739#992,615
1976#2,48632#952,670
1975#1,87748#912,810
1974#2,25435#892,895
1973#1,85745#903,013
1972#2,13536#853,406
1971#2,17537#724,055
1970#1,75551#664,402
1969#1,89743#624,522
1968#1,90939#594,645
1967#1,84840#574,890
1966#1,70044#565,227
1965#2,06432#545,797
1964#1,91838#556,661
1963#1,89438#547,128
1962#1,98934#586,854
1961#1,89337#567,255
1960#1,50154#537,808
1959#1,82037#547,501
1958#1,63043#517,734
1957#1,98930#498,192
1956#1,89732#488,313
1955#1,87732#478,294
1954#1,94929#478,137
1953#2,12224#447,829
1952#2,41119#457,823
1951#1,52838#437,641
1950#1,79428#447,288
1949#1,56435#437,689
1948#1,59834#427,829
1947#1,69732#408,050
1946#1,80825#397,380
1945#1,62126#396,314
1944#1,48630#366,825
1943#1,29140#337,472
1942#1,43832#367,268
1941#1,38431#297,160
1940#1,34731#326,752
1939#1,06645#306,593
1938#1,28832#296,849
1937#1,19636#286,914
1936#1,09641#276,591
1935#1,44926#286,693
1934#1,14838#286,683
1933#1,19735#286,188
1932#1,04346#286,714
1931#94154#286,583
1930#95658#266,951
1929#1,03250#286,895
1928#95461#286,946
1927#1,01057#267,277
1926#1,09647#266,939
1925#1,07450#287,061
1924#1,15146#277,085
1923#1,08449#286,871
1922#1,10348#306,690
1921#1,18442#307,077
1920#1,11945#277,010
1919#1,09045#296,474
1918#1,00551#257,004
1917#1,04046#246,699
1916#1,12739#236,785
1915#1,28530#226,613
1914#1,03433#244,807
1913#1,09125#233,935
1912#1,21819#243,224
1911#1,30013#261,574
1910#1,33512#261,339
1909#1,36910#251,215
1908#1,4399#291,074
1907#1,3849#271,018
1906#1,7276#27951
1905#1,16211#26959
1904#1,4867#25953
1903#1,5926#23910
1902#1,2199#24952
1901#1,1369#24817
1900#1,23110#291,016
1899#1,2787#25774
1898#1,2638#24919
1897#93112#25828
1896#1,5835#25852
1895#85814#22851
1894#99810#22861
1893#1,1757#24786
1892#95810#25808
1891#89310#24675
1890#1,0068#27693
1889#1,1476#27704
1888#83710#29675
1887#9377#28588
1886#9936#32556
1885#1,0475#34494
1884—#36521
1883—#32480
1882—#34478
1881—#41359
1880—#42372
First appearance
1880

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 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #10 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 31 boysAKMaine: #46 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 213 boysMEVermont: #39 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 142 boysVTNew Hampshire: #43 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 168 boysNHWashington: #33 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 142 boysWAIdaho: #49 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 176 boysIDMontana: #29 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 133 boysMTNorth Dakota: #49 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 168 boysNDMinnesota: #46 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 192 boysMNIllinois: #24 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 138 boysILWisconsin: #34 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 144 boysWIMichigan: #26 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 122 boysMINew York: #46 for boys · 501 births · 1 in 190 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 235 boysMARhode Island: #46 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 211 boysRIOregon: #28 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 118 boysORNevada: #20 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 50 boysNVWyoming: #57 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 198 boysWYSouth Dakota: #69 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 248 boysSDIowa: #29 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 148 boysIAIndiana: #20 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 103 boysINOhio: #19 for boys · 600 births · 1 in 85 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 653 births · 1 in 123 boysPANew Jersey: #46 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 214 boysNJConnecticut: #48 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 212 boysCTCalifornia: #45 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 213 boysCAUtah: #34 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 150 boysUTColorado: #31 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 153 boysCONebraska: #33 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 158 boysNEMissouri: #24 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 118 boysMOKentucky: #19 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 95 boysKYWest Virginia: #15 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 87 boysWVVirginia: #31 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 136 boysVAMaryland: #36 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 145 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 126 boysDEArizona: #65 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 259 boysAZNew Mexico: #81 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 305 boysNMKansas: #25 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 122 boysKSArkansas: #27 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 141 boysARTennessee: #20 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 107 boysTNNorth Carolina: #29 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 140 boysNCSouth Carolina: #35 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 181 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #37 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 175 boysDCOklahoma: #17 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 95 boysOKLouisiana: #56 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 232 boysLAMississippi: #46 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 214 boysMSAlabama: #33 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 167 boysALGeorgia: #44 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 226 boysGAHawaii: #128 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 647 boysHITexas: #45 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 243 boysTXFlorida: #40 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 175 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#10 · 1 in 31
  2. West Virginia#15 · 1 in 87
  3. Oklahoma#17 · 1 in 95
  4. Ohio#19 · 1 in 85
  5. Kentucky#19 · 1 in 95

Best ever in a state: #5 in Alaska, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#1071 in 31
West Virginia#151931 in 87
Oklahoma#172291 in 95
Kentucky#192581 in 95
Ohio#196001 in 85
Indiana#202421 in 103
Nevada#2061 in 50
Tennessee#202281 in 107
Illinois#244131 in 138
Missouri#242301 in 118
Kansas#251171 in 122
Michigan#263441 in 122
Arkansas#271181 in 141
Pennsylvania#276531 in 123
Oregon#28461 in 118
Delaware#29111 in 126
Iowa#291281 in 148
Montana#29301 in 133
North Carolina#292371 in 140
Colorado#31541 in 153
Virginia#311601 in 136
Alabama#331601 in 167
Nebraska#33721 in 158
Washington#33661 in 142
Utah#34311 in 150
Wisconsin#341661 in 144
South Carolina#35941 in 181
Maryland#36831 in 145
District of Columbia#37191 in 175
Vermont#39171 in 142
Florida#40661 in 175
New Hampshire#43191 in 168
Georgia#441191 in 226
California#451711 in 213
Texas#452381 in 243
Maine#46281 in 213
Minnesota#461021 in 192
Mississippi#46881 in 214
New Jersey#461351 in 214
New York#465011 in 190
Rhode Island#46221 in 211
Massachusetts#471341 in 235
Connecticut#48541 in 212
Idaho#49201 in 176
North Dakota#49371 in 168
Louisiana#56821 in 232
Wyoming#5781 in 198
Arizona#65171 in 259
South Dakota#69231 in 248
New Mexico#81141 in 305
Hawaii#12851 in 647

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 Carl
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #22 (6,613 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 58 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 100 yrs · run 1880–1979
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 128
  • Highest: 1 in 128 boys born in 1915 were named Carl (0.78%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,134 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.6% of all boys named Carl (78,752) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,227#27 (1889)#34
1890s8,047#22 (1894)#24
1900s9,865#23 (1903)#26
1910s48,454#22 (1915)#25
1920s69,851#26 (1927)#28
1930s66,759#26 (1930)#28
1940s72,739#29 (1941)#37
1950s78,752#43 (1951)#47
1960s60,787#53 (1960)#56
1970s31,370#66 (1970)#89
1980s25,472#103 (1980)#114
1990s14,693#145 (1990)#216
2000s7,198#304 (2000)#399
2010s4,225#536 (2012)#616
2020s1,388#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 1929

girls
#1,032
50 births · 1 in 22,331 girls
boys
#28
6,895 births · 1 in 156 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #1,032Carl50

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #28Carl6,895
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 22,331 of them was named Carl, which outranked 80.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #1,015Savannah51
  2. #1,015Vernie51
  3. #1,015Zita51
  4. #1,032Carl50
  5. #1,032Carleen50
  6. #1,032Coleen50
  7. #1,032Coral50
  8. #1,042Anthony49
  9. #1,042Bebe49
  10. #1,042Candelaria49

Tied with 9 names at #1,032; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,951Dorla#2,623 → #672
  2. ↑ 797Ingrid#1,738 → #941
  3. ↑ 534Sydell#1,502 → #968
  4. ↑ 521Elenor#1,502 → #981
  5. ↑ 406Jeanine#888 → #482
Fallers
  1. ↓ 937Joline#888 → #1,825
  2. ↓ 259Mafalda#936 → #1,195
  3. ↓ 250Lorelei#994 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 249Ardelle#888 → #1,137
  5. ↓ 234Charmaine#420 → #654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 156 of them was named Carl, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #25Herbert7,881
  2. #26Ralph7,715
  3. #27Harry7,144
  4. #28Carl6,895
  5. #29Willie6,616
  6. #30Joe6,596
  7. #31Howard6,010
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,188Davey#2,843 → #655
  2. ↑ 554Davie#1,413 → #859
  3. ↑ 374Derald#1,095 → #721
  4. ↑ 358Vernal#1,353 → #995
  5. ↑ 350Ken#1,228 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Adolf#950 → #1,480
  2. ↓ 426Quinton#913 → #1,339
  3. ↓ 349Thornton#963 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 346Verlyn#891 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 346Isidore#891 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929 →