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

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Peak · boys
1934 · 175 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,067
since 1890

Carrol over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #533, 1943peak #423, 1934girlsboys
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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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1991#13,1475—
1990#7,30311—
1989#9,6817#5,6158
1988#10,3866#7,2705
1987—#6,0896
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1985#8,3187—
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1983#7,3128#4,4998
1982#9,2376#3,96610
1981#4,96314#4,9617
1980#9,0956#4,9407
1979#8,0617#5,3556
1978#5,95810#4,1578
1977#5,21312#3,8369
1976#5,60110#2,60116
1975#5,9849#2,75114
1974#4,04115#2,54915
1973#3,48118#4,5056
1972#3,71416#3,6228
1971#2,95523#2,36616
1970#2,77925#2,62113
1969#2,51527#1,72823
1968#2,43126#1,83619
1967#2,16730#1,97416
1966#2,66821#2,13214
1965#1,88737#1,51326
1964#1,97536#2,31013
1963#1,81541#1,62824
1962#1,52554#1,96217
1961#1,62748#1,63524
1960#1,76441#1,40032
1959#1,47853#1,43930
1958#1,23374#1,39631
1957#1,39857#1,34534
1956#1,36558#1,38531
1955#1,30959#1,33932
1954#1,19770#1,11245
1953#1,22562#95956
1952#1,10073#88363
1951#1,02782#87464
1950#98885#70495
1949#879100#79375
1948#715138#71787
1947#638168#614123
1946#601172#68589
1945#559173#581108
1944#558170#589109
1943#533200#505152
1942#635140#543127
1941#592141#462164
1940#557154#443170
1939#583131#430174
1938#580140#440170
1937#583133#446157
1936#67996#429170
1935#72187#432169
1934#70091#423175
1933#81467#429165
1932#83068#445160
1931#88760#431174
1930#1,08446#426191
1929#89564#436184
1928#1,29035#481160
1927#1,16144#489154
1926#1,26238#552122
1925#1,29637#494150
1924#1,18844#519147
1923#1,21341#545127
1922#1,73024#513144
1921#2,04819#519143
1920#1,43931#526134
1919#1,64924#551118
1918#1,80521#572113
1917#2,10016#564109
1916#2,24614#534115
1915#2,68810#57697
1914#1,89613#60569
1913#3,1875#64148
1912#1,84410#71336
1911#2,1916#1,3877
1910#1,42111#85913
1909#1,9576#84012
1908—#68515
1907#2,0615#73513
1906—#67413
1905—#1,0027
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1902—#7949
1901—#9436
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1895—#1,0795
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First appearance
1890

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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMNIllinois: #550 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,618 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #758 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,887 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNEMissouri: #416 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,740 boysMOKentucky: #379 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,370 boysKYWest Virginia: #363 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,240 boysWVVirginia: #462 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,662 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNMKansas: #271 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,349 boysKSArkansas: #287 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,003 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #336 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,149 boysOKLouisiana: #321 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,835 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedMSAlabama: #487 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,987 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedHITexas: #503 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 5,768 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Carrol, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kansas#271 · 1 in 3,349
  2. Arkansas#287 · 1 in 3,003
  3. Louisiana#321 · 1 in 2,835
  4. Oklahoma#336 · 1 in 4,149
  5. West Virginia#363 · 1 in 5,240

Best ever in a state: #153 in Montana, 1919.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#27161 in 3,349
Arkansas#28781 in 3,003
Louisiana#321121 in 2,835
Oklahoma#33661 in 4,149
West Virginia#36351 in 5,240
Kentucky#37971 in 5,370
Missouri#41651 in 8,740
Virginia#46251 in 7,662
Alabama#48751 in 7,987
Texas#503171 in 5,768
Illinois#55051 in 18,618
California#75851 in 23,887
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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1934 at #423 (175 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1912–1953
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,745
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Carrol (1,705) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s34#900 (1896)#1,001
1900s83#674 (1906)#815
1910s725#534 (1916)#700
1920s1,465#436 (1929)#507
1930s1,705#423 (1934)#433
1940s1,204#443 (1940)#593
1950s481#704 (1950)#1,144
1960s208#1,400 (1960)#1,812
1970s111#2,366 (1971)#3,436
1980s51#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 1947

girls
#638
168 births · 1 in 10,552 girls
boys
#614
123 births · 1 in 14,875 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #638Carrol168

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #614Carrol123
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 10,552 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 89.5% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carrol
  1. #635Michael173
  2. #635Reva173
  3. #637Ester171
  4. #638Carrol168
  5. #638Carolynn168
  6. #638Lorena168
  7. #638Nanci168
  8. #643Elma167
  9. #643Georgene167
  10. #645Ana166

Tied with 4 names at #638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 14,875 of them was named Carrol, which outranked 85.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carrol
  1. #611Alden124
  2. #611Carmine124
  3. #611Shirley124
  4. #614Carrol123
  5. #615Bryant122
  6. #615Foster122
  7. #615Jaime122
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →