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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #45 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 184 boysAKMaine: #51 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 232 boysMEVermont: #57 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 262 boysVTNew Hampshire: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 439 boysNHWashington: #88 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 390 boysWAIdaho: #81 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 301 boysIDMontana: #76 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 296 boysMTNorth Dakota: #147 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 807 boysNDMinnesota: #110 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 699 boysMNIllinois: #54 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 270 boysILWisconsin: #73 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 382 boysWIMichigan: #62 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 307 boysMINew York: #53 for boys · 556 births · 1 in 323 boysNYMassachusetts: #53 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 339 boysMARhode Island: #46 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 237 boysRIOregon: #72 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 275 boysORNevada: #62 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 231 boysNVWyoming: #134 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 585 boysWYSouth Dakota: #133 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 705 boysSDIowa: #97 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 522 boysIAIndiana: #59 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 270 boysINOhio: #53 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 247 boysOHPennsylvania: #50 for boys · 448 births · 1 in 264 boysPANew Jersey: #51 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 294 boysNJConnecticut: #48 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 261 boysCTCalifornia: #81 for boys · 471 births · 1 in 401 boysCAUtah: #77 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 312 boysUTColorado: #85 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 379 boysCONebraska: #88 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 394 boysNEMissouri: #55 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 243 boysMOKentucky: #59 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 267 boysKYWest Virginia: #46 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 209 boysWVVirginia: #58 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 269 boysVAMaryland: #47 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 254 boysMDDelaware: #44 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 218 boysDEArizona: #66 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 292 boysAZNew Mexico: #87 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 350 boysNMKansas: #66 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 270 boysKSArkansas: #48 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 188 boysARTennessee: #52 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 211 boysTNNorth Carolina: #60 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 267 boysNCSouth Carolina: #43 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 196 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #43 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 232 boysDCOklahoma: #51 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 199 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 166 boysLAMississippi: #45 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 192 boysMSAlabama: #51 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 213 boysALGeorgia: #62 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 257 boysGAHawaii: #67 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 258 boysHITexas: #58 for boys · 455 births · 1 in 263 boysTXFlorida: #56 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 262 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#33 · 1 in 166
  2. South Carolina#43 · 1 in 196
  3. District of Columbia#43 · 1 in 232
  4. Delaware#44 · 1 in 218
  5. Alaska#45 · 1 in 184

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#332481 in 166
District of Columbia#43641 in 232
South Carolina#431451 in 196
Delaware#44241 in 218
Alaska#45171 in 184
Mississippi#451411 in 192
Rhode Island#46381 in 237
West Virginia#46901 in 209
Maryland#471291 in 254
Arkansas#481041 in 188
Connecticut#481021 in 261
Pennsylvania#504481 in 264
Alabama#511761 in 213
Maine#51471 in 232
New Jersey#512151 in 294
Oklahoma#511181 in 199
Tennessee#521871 in 211
Massachusetts#531691 in 339
New York#535561 in 323
Ohio#534521 in 247
Illinois#544221 in 270
Missouri#551991 in 243
Florida#562101 in 262
Vermont#57151 in 262
Texas#584551 in 263
Virginia#581611 in 269
Indiana#592011 in 270
Kentucky#591291 in 267
North Carolina#601981 in 267
Georgia#621861 in 257
Michigan#623041 in 307
Nevada#62141 in 231
Arizona#66581 in 292
Kansas#66831 in 270
Hawaii#67291 in 258
Oregon#72641 in 275
Wisconsin#731241 in 382
Montana#76261 in 296
Utah#77391 in 312
New Hampshire#78141 in 439
California#814711 in 401
Idaho#81241 in 301
Colorado#85581 in 379
New Mexico#87381 in 350
Nebraska#88411 in 394
Washington#88791 in 390
Iowa#97581 in 522
Minnesota#110591 in 699
South Dakota#133111 in 705
Wyoming#13461 in 585
North Dakota#14791 in 807

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 1961

girls
#1,893
37 births · 1 in 54,554 girls
boys
#56
7,255 births · 1 in 293 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,893Carl37

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #56Carl7,255
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 54,554 of them was named Carl, which outranked 74.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #1,872Teddi38
  2. #1,872Terisa38
  3. #1,872Tisha38
  4. #1,893Carl37
  5. #1,893Angella37
  6. #1,893Annett37
  7. #1,893Belen37
  8. #1,921Alexa36
  9. #1,921Arletha36
  10. #1,921Belia36

Tied with 27 names at #1,893; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 293 of them was named Carl, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #53Tony8,306
  2. #54Danny8,199
  3. #55Russell7,333
  4. #56Carl7,255
  5. #57Chris7,203
  6. #58Dale7,193
  7. #59Matthew7,081
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →