Caroll

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #5,355
Given to girls 62.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 65 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,302
since 1918

Caroll over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #1,050, 1946peak #1,297, 1939girlsboys
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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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1978#8,5626—
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1976#8,1566#5,5875
1975#4,85412—
1974#6,9007—
1973#7,4356—
1972#5,10910—
1971#5,13610—
1970#3,57717—
1969#3,19918—
1968#3,78913#4,1365
1967#4,30010#3,5596
1966#4,19810#2,62710
1965#3,05017#3,9305
1964#4,35510#3,2827
1963#3,45814#2,41412
1962#2,66821#3,0418
1961#3,18916#3,3567
1960#2,98917#3,6656
1959#2,45822#3,2907
1958#2,66319#2,26513
1957#2,27624#2,63110
1956#2,82617#1,88618
1955#2,47220#1,79119
1954#2,77916#1,66821
1953#2,01726#1,63022
1952#1,78131#1,61522
1951#1,58336#1,55323
1950#1,60234#1,87916
1949#1,37645#1,70219
1948#1,54836#2,6089
1947#1,23853#2,49810
1946#1,05065#1,55721
1945#1,15546#1,85214
1944#1,11549#1,81015
1943#1,08754#2,07413
1942#1,09152#1,86715
1941#1,20639#1,58819
1940#1,11442#1,39723
1939#1,47426#1,29726
1938#1,12741#2,08412
1937#1,21935#1,68817
1936#1,44526#1,46321
1935#1,51424#1,65618
1934#1,40927#2,02213
1933#1,77319#1,77016
1932#2,03716#1,50922
1931#2,42712#1,64319
1930#2,55212#1,88916
1929#3,1379#1,56422
1928#3,7437#2,38712
1927#2,69912#2,12115
1926#3,5648#2,07415
1925#3,11610#2,43512
1924#5,0615#3,0239
1923#4,9675#3,8226
1922#4,0117#2,63011
1921—#2,50212
1920#3,9577#2,76510
1919—#2,66510
1918#3,5128#2,8829
1917—#2,56210
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Caroll! It came in at #3,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Caroll is popular in 1939

No state had 5 or more girls named Caroll in 1939, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Caroll
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1946 at #1,050 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,174
  • Highest: 1 in 24,174 girls born in 1946 were named Caroll (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 36.9% of all girls named Caroll (481) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
  • Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s8#3,512 (1918)#3,512
1920s70#2,699 (1927)#3,806
1930s238#1,127 (1938)#1,698
1940s481#1,050 (1946)#1,198
1950s245#1,583 (1951)#2,246
1960s146#2,668 (1962)#3,520
1970s79#3,577 (1970)#6,598
1980s7#8,178 (1980)#8,178
1990s23#10,271 (1991)#12,183
2000s5#16,462 (2005)#16,462

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Caroll in 1939

girls
#1,474
26 births · 1 in 42,177 girls
boys
#1,297
26 births · 1 in 42,571 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #1,474Caroll26

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #1,297Caroll26
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 42,177 of them was named Caroll, which outranked 70.2% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caroll
  1. #1,424Tonia27
  2. #1,424Veola27
  3. #1,424Vinnie27
  4. #1,474Caroll26
  5. #1,474Adelle26
  6. #1,474Amparo26
  7. #1,474Candace26
  8. #1,514Alexandria25
  9. #1,514Bella25
  10. #1,514Caren25

Tied with 39 names at #1,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

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

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 42,571 of them was named Caroll, which outranked 67.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caroll
  1. #1,272Rocky27
  2. #1,272Sampson27
  3. #1,272Vince27
  4. #1,297Caroll26
  5. #1,297Berton26
  6. #1,297Burdette26
  7. #1,297Carmelo26
  8. #1,323Braxton25
  9. #1,323Calvert25
  10. #1,323Claire25

Tied with 25 names at #1,297; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Alfonzo#1,439 → #976
  2. ↑ 447Rod#1,439 → #992
  3. ↑ 443Estel#1,397 → #954
  4. ↑ 422Cameron#1,364 → #942
  5. ↑ 421Turner#1,337 → #916
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Gonzalo#779 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 497Judge#992 → #1,489
  3. ↓ 396Melville#963 → #1,359
  4. ↓ 355Agustin#883 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 351Antone#921 → #1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →