Carrol
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to boys 58.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 175 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,067since 1890
Carrol over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | #1,628 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,233 | 74 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 | #1,385 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 | #1,112 | 45 |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | #959 | 56 |
| 1952 | #1,100 | 73 | #883 | 63 |
| 1951 | #1,027 | 82 | #874 | 64 |
| 1950 | #988 | 85 | #704 | 95 |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 | #793 | 75 |
| 1948 | #715 | 138 | #717 | 87 |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 | #614 | 123 |
| 1946 | #601 | 172 | #685 | 89 |
| 1945 | #559 | 173 | #581 | 108 |
| 1944 | #558 | 170 | #589 | 109 |
| 1943 | #533 | 200 | #505 | 152 |
| 1942 | #635 | 140 | #543 | 127 |
| 1941 | #592 | 141 | #462 | 164 |
| 1940 | #557 | 154 | #443 | 170 |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 | #430 | 174 |
| 1938 | #580 | 140 | #440 | 170 |
| 1937 | #583 | 133 | #446 | 157 |
| 1936 | #679 | 96 | #429 | 170 |
| 1935 | #721 | 87 | #432 | 169 |
| 1934 | #700 | 91 | #423 | 175 |
| 1933 | #814 | 67 | #429 | 165 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 | #445 | 160 |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 | #431 | 174 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 | #426 | 191 |
| 1929 | #895 | 64 | #436 | 184 |
| 1928 | #1,290 | 35 | #481 | 160 |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 | #489 | 154 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 | #552 | 122 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 | #494 | 150 |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 | #519 | 147 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 41 | #545 | 127 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #513 | 144 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #519 | 143 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #526 | 134 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #551 | 118 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | #572 | 113 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #564 | 109 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #534 | 115 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #576 | 97 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #605 | 69 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #641 | 48 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #713 | 36 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Carrol! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Carrol is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#193 · 1 in 1,056
- South Carolina#193 · 1 in 1,417
- Arkansas#196 · 1 in 1,388
- Iowa#233 · 1 in 2,361
- Kansas#241 · 1 in 2,385
Best ever in a state: #153 in Montana, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #193 | 18 | 1 in 1,056 |
| South Carolina | #193 | 12 | 1 in 1,417 |
| Arkansas | #196 | 12 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Iowa | #233 | 8 | 1 in 2,361 |
| Kansas | #241 | 6 | 1 in 2,385 |
| Oklahoma | #260 | 10 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Indiana | #301 | 6 | 1 in 4,174 |
| North Carolina | #347 | 9 | 1 in 3,685 |
| Georgia | #356 | 7 | 1 in 3,847 |
| Missouri | #372 | 5 | 1 in 5,439 |
| Texas | #407 | 18 | 1 in 3,216 |
| Illinois | #496 | 5 | 1 in 11,416 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Carrol
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 674 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 528 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1934 at #423 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1912–1953
- Highest: 1 in 5,745 boys born in 1930 were named Carrol (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 250,116 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #423 in 1934, was only 1 in 5,901 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.1% of all boys named Carrol (1,705) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 34 | #900 (1896) | #1,001 |
| 1900s | 83 | #674 (1906) | #815 |
| 1910s | 725 | #534 (1916) | #700 |
| 1920s | 1,465 | #436 (1929) | #507 |
| 1930s | 1,705 | #423 (1934) | #433 |
| 1940s | 1,204 | #443 (1940) | #593 |
| 1950s | 481 | #704 (1950) | #1,144 |
| 1960s | 208 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,812 |
| 1970s | 111 | #2,366 (1971) | #3,436 |
| 1980s | 51 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,334 |
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.
Carrol in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 17,446 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 83.0% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 5,846 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 90.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.