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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #55 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 218 boysAKMaine: #59 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 278 boysMEVermont: #59 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 297 boysVTNew Hampshire: #51 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 239 boysNHWashington: #86 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 379 boysWAIdaho: #86 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 336 boysIDMontana: #84 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 332 boysMTNorth Dakota: #142 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 777 boysNDMinnesota: #103 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 613 boysMNIllinois: #56 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 321 boysILWisconsin: #81 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 485 boysWIMichigan: #59 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 323 boysMINew York: #56 for boys · 448 births · 1 in 351 boysNYMassachusetts: #62 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 432 boysMARhode Island: #54 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 320 boysRIOregon: #75 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 319 boysORNevada: #71 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 305 boysNVWyoming: #107 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 437 boysWYSouth Dakota: #114 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 593 boysSDIowa: #99 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 563 boysIAIndiana: #62 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 308 boysINOhio: #54 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 307 boysOHPennsylvania: #57 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 323 boysPANew Jersey: #51 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 303 boysNJConnecticut: #57 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 378 boysCTCalifornia: #88 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 465 boysCAUtah: #106 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 449 boysUTColorado: #71 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 326 boysCONebraska: #107 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 658 boysNEMissouri: #62 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 290 boysMOKentucky: #57 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 266 boysKYWest Virginia: #45 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 182 boysWVVirginia: #48 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 245 boysVAMaryland: #47 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 255 boysMDDelaware: #36 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 173 boysDEArizona: #78 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 340 boysAZNew Mexico: #104 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 462 boysNMKansas: #74 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 319 boysKSArkansas: #43 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 185 boysARTennessee: #60 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 276 boysTNNorth Carolina: #62 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 301 boysNCSouth Carolina: #43 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 198 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #50 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 272 boysDCOklahoma: #54 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 217 boysOKLouisiana: #45 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 219 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 232 boysMSAlabama: #57 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 252 boysALGeorgia: #80 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 346 boysGAHawaii: #100 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 433 boysHITexas: #89 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 365 boysTXFlorida: #70 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 356 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#36 · 1 in 173
  2. Arkansas#43 · 1 in 185
  3. South Carolina#43 · 1 in 198
  4. West Virginia#45 · 1 in 182
  5. Louisiana#45 · 1 in 219

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#36251 in 173
Arkansas#43851 in 185
South Carolina#431171 in 198
Louisiana#451611 in 219
West Virginia#45781 in 182
Maryland#471161 in 255
Virginia#481511 in 245
District of Columbia#50461 in 272
New Hampshire#51231 in 239
New Jersey#511851 in 303
Ohio#543021 in 307
Oklahoma#54831 in 217
Rhode Island#54241 in 320
Alaska#55131 in 218
Illinois#562971 in 321
New York#564481 in 351
Alabama#571211 in 252
Connecticut#57631 in 378
Kentucky#571051 in 266
Mississippi#57921 in 232
Pennsylvania#572961 in 323
Maine#59301 in 278
Michigan#592451 in 323
Vermont#59111 in 297
Tennessee#601211 in 276
Indiana#621481 in 308
Massachusetts#621121 in 432
Missouri#621321 in 290
North Carolina#621431 in 301
Florida#701341 in 356
Colorado#71511 in 326
Nevada#71111 in 305
Kansas#74501 in 319
Oregon#75471 in 319
Arizona#78421 in 340
Georgia#801221 in 346
Wisconsin#81791 in 485
Montana#84161 in 332
Idaho#86161 in 336
Washington#86641 in 379
California#883561 in 465
Texas#892751 in 365
Iowa#99421 in 563
Hawaii#100141 in 433
Minnesota#103521 in 613
New Mexico#104211 in 462
Utah#106231 in 449
Nebraska#107181 in 658
Wyoming#10751 in 437
South Dakota#11491 in 593
North Dakota#14271 in 777

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 1966

girls
#1,700
44 births · 1 in 38,459 girls
boys
#56
5,227 births · 1 in 341 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,700Carl44

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #56Carl5,227
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 38,459 of them was named Carl, which outranked 77.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #1,669Todd45
  2. #1,669Tona45
  3. #1,669Vanita45
  4. #1,700Carl44
  5. #1,700Alva44
  6. #1,700Cecily44
  7. #1,700Haley44
  8. #1,715Candis43
  9. #1,715Carma43
  10. #1,715Freddie43

Tied with 14 names at #1,700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 341 of them was named Carl, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carl
  1. #53Bruce5,843
  2. #54Shawn5,725
  3. #55Chris5,257
  4. #56Carl5,227
  5. #57Alan4,943
  6. #58Vincent4,941
  7. #59Wayne4,891
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →