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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #22, 1915boys
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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
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 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #26 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 79 boysAKMaine: #56 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 271 boysMEVermont: #46 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 184 boysVTNew Hampshire: #62 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 308 boysNHWashington: #58 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 273 boysWAIdaho: #76 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 290 boysIDMontana: #61 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 296 boysMTNorth Dakota: #96 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 463 boysNDMinnesota: #68 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 345 boysMNIllinois: #39 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 214 boysILWisconsin: #44 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 231 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 175 boysMINew York: #53 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 240 boysNYMassachusetts: #52 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 263 boysMARhode Island: #60 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 359 boysRIOregon: #56 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 278 boysORNevada: #47 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 183 boysNVWyoming: #36 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 159 boysWYSouth Dakota: #71 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 347 boysSDIowa: #70 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 358 boysIAIndiana: #31 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 173 boysINOhio: #29 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 149 boysOHPennsylvania: #31 for boys · 473 births · 1 in 174 boysPANew Jersey: #47 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 227 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 190 boysCTCalifornia: #55 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 267 boysCAUtah: #56 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 237 boysUTColorado: #51 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 246 boysCONebraska: #79 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 394 boysNEMissouri: #26 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 142 boysMOKentucky: #25 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 130 boysKYWest Virginia: #23 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 113 boysWVVirginia: #31 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 161 boysVAMaryland: #34 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 184 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 246 boysDEArizona: #95 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 378 boysAZNew Mexico: #75 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 274 boysNMKansas: #40 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 190 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 133 boysARTennessee: #29 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 143 boysTNNorth Carolina: #34 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 187 boysNCSouth Carolina: #37 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 188 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #36 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 213 boysDCOklahoma: #36 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 155 boysOKLouisiana: #56 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 248 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 263 boysMSAlabama: #43 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 211 boysALGeorgia: #47 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 237 boysGAHawaii: #66 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 202 boysHITexas: #50 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 248 boysTXFlorida: #42 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 201 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#23 · 1 in 113
  2. Kentucky#25 · 1 in 130
  3. Alaska#26 · 1 in 79
  4. Missouri#26 · 1 in 142
  5. Arkansas#28 · 1 in 133

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#231621 in 113
Kentucky#252121 in 130
Alaska#2661 in 79
Missouri#262231 in 142
Arkansas#281411 in 133
Ohio#294221 in 149
Tennessee#292131 in 143
Indiana#311841 in 173
Pennsylvania#314731 in 174
Virginia#311811 in 161
Michigan#323011 in 175
Maryland#341011 in 184
North Carolina#342211 in 187
District of Columbia#36471 in 213
Oklahoma#361301 in 155
Wyoming#36131 in 159
South Carolina#371231 in 188
Illinois#393051 in 214
Kansas#40801 in 190
Connecticut#42801 in 190
Florida#421171 in 201
Alabama#431481 in 211
Wisconsin#441231 in 231
Vermont#46151 in 184
Georgia#471471 in 237
Nevada#4761 in 183
New Jersey#471551 in 227
Texas#503101 in 248
Colorado#51451 in 246
Massachusetts#521401 in 263
New York#534761 in 240
California#553301 in 267
Delaware#56101 in 246
Louisiana#561031 in 248
Maine#56271 in 271
Oregon#56401 in 278
Utah#56301 in 237
Mississippi#57871 in 263
Washington#58751 in 273
Rhode Island#60171 in 359
Montana#61151 in 296
New Hampshire#62121 in 308
Hawaii#66251 in 202
Minnesota#68721 in 345
Iowa#70581 in 358
South Dakota#71151 in 347
New Mexico#75241 in 274
Idaho#76161 in 290
Nebraska#79281 in 394
Arizona#95181 in 378
North Dakota#96121 in 463

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 1945

girls
#1,621
26 births · 1 in 50,273 girls
boys
#39
6,314 births · 1 in 213 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #1,621Carl26

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #39Carl6,314
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 50,273 of them was named Carl, which outranked 69.1% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #1,588Vallie27
  2. #1,588Vernetta27
  3. #1,588Viva27
  4. #1,621Carl26
  5. #1,621Adelaida26
  6. #1,621Alfredia26
  7. #1,621Arlean26
  8. #1,660Almeta25
  9. #1,660Altha25
  10. #1,660Ardella25

Tied with 38 names at #1,621; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 213 of them was named Carl, which outranked 99.0% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #36Joe6,625
  2. #37Henry6,606
  3. #38Peter6,483
  4. #39Carl6,314
  5. #40Roy6,183
  6. #41Jimmy6,159
  7. #42Billy6,022
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945 →