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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #62 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 284 boysAKMaine: #50 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 225 boysMEVermont: #57 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 253 boysVTNew Hampshire: #40 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 180 boysNHWashington: #56 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 275 boysWAIdaho: #51 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 223 boysIDMontana: #52 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 258 boysMTNorth Dakota: #90 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 455 boysNDMinnesota: #85 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 611 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 449 births · 1 in 240 boysILWisconsin: #63 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 364 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 259 boysMINew York: #52 for boys · 617 births · 1 in 282 boysNYMassachusetts: #55 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 345 boysMARhode Island: #55 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 339 boysRIOregon: #59 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 300 boysORNevada: #61 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 263 boysNVWyoming: #57 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 269 boysWYSouth Dakota: #74 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 366 boysSDIowa: #67 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 396 boysIAIndiana: #46 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 244 boysINOhio: #42 for boys · 525 births · 1 in 210 boysOHPennsylvania: #46 for boys · 542 births · 1 in 222 boysPANew Jersey: #57 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 292 boysNJConnecticut: #51 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 242 boysCTCalifornia: #61 for boys · 485 births · 1 in 327 boysCAUtah: #59 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 254 boysUTColorado: #60 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 311 boysCONebraska: #71 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 421 boysNEMissouri: #37 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 174 boysMOKentucky: #45 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 196 boysKYWest Virginia: #35 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 167 boysWVVirginia: #38 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 185 boysVAMaryland: #44 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 238 boysMDDelaware: #45 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 207 boysDEArizona: #60 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 259 boysAZNew Mexico: #82 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 336 boysNMKansas: #45 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 220 boysKSArkansas: #34 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 135 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 184 boysTNNorth Carolina: #44 for boys · 268 births · 1 in 205 boysNCSouth Carolina: #47 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 212 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #45 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 245 boysDCOklahoma: #41 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 182 boysOKLouisiana: #30 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 148 boysLAMississippi: #35 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 169 boysMSAlabama: #44 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 178 boysALGeorgia: #44 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 206 boysGAHawaii: #58 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 224 boysHITexas: #49 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 250 boysTXFlorida: #37 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 190 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#30 · 1 in 148
  2. Arkansas#34 · 1 in 135
  3. West Virginia#35 · 1 in 167
  4. Mississippi#35 · 1 in 169
  5. Missouri#37 · 1 in 174

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#302751 in 148
Arkansas#341491 in 135
Mississippi#351711 in 169
West Virginia#351291 in 167
Florida#372261 in 190
Missouri#372711 in 174
Virginia#382351 in 185
New Hampshire#40321 in 180
Tennessee#402241 in 184
Oklahoma#411341 in 182
Ohio#425251 in 210
Alabama#442181 in 178
Georgia#442381 in 206
Maryland#441281 in 238
North Carolina#442681 in 205
Delaware#45231 in 207
District of Columbia#45611 in 245
Illinois#454491 in 240
Kansas#451101 in 220
Kentucky#451861 in 196
Indiana#462171 in 244
Pennsylvania#465421 in 222
South Carolina#471441 in 212
Michigan#483701 in 259
Texas#494841 in 250
Maine#50451 in 225
Connecticut#511001 in 242
Idaho#51341 in 223
Montana#52301 in 258
New York#526171 in 282
Massachusetts#551581 in 345
Rhode Island#55271 in 339
Washington#561131 in 275
New Jersey#571971 in 292
Vermont#57161 in 253
Wyoming#57131 in 269
Hawaii#58311 in 224
Oregon#59601 in 300
Utah#59461 in 254
Arizona#60521 in 259
Colorado#60631 in 311
California#614851 in 327
Nevada#6191 in 263
Alaska#62111 in 284
Wisconsin#631231 in 364
Iowa#67781 in 396
Nebraska#71381 in 421
South Dakota#74231 in 366
New Mexico#82351 in 336
Minnesota#85641 in 611
North Dakota#90171 in 455

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 1955

girls
#1,877
32 births · 1 in 61,102 girls
boys
#47
8,294 births · 1 in 248 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,877Carl32

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #47Carl8,294
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 61,102 of them was named Carl, which outranked 72.1% of the 6,732 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. #1,839Valeri33
  2. #1,839Velinda33
  3. #1,839Wannetta33
  4. #1,877Carl32
  5. #1,877Adella32
  6. #1,877Alexandria32
  7. #1,877Alita32
  8. #1,907Alanna31
  9. #1,907Annita31
  10. #1,907Betti31

Tied with 29 names at #1,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 248 of them was named Carl, which outranked 98.9% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #44Wayne8,728
  2. #45Danny8,721
  3. #46Ricky8,329
  4. #47Carl8,294
  5. #48Gerald8,072
  6. #49Christopher7,922
  7. #50Craig7,448
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →