Carroll

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,921
Given to boys 85.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 874 births
Debut · boys
26 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
35,431
since 1880

Carroll over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #517, 1943peak #164, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023—#8,9218
2022#15,3065—
2021—#7,08911
2020——
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,8198
2017#14,1246#12,2465
2016—#7,60510
2015—#8,0409
2014—#10,7176
2013—#5,65915
2012—#6,30613
2011—#9,6007
2010—#8,1399
2009—#8,3109
2008—#8,3249
2007#17,6365#8,9158
2006—#5,30316
2005#16,4625#8,2998
2004—#6,13812
2003—#5,03515
2002—#6,52210
2001—#5,14214
2000—#5,58812
1999—#4,16217
1998#7,53212#4,41315
1997#9,0179#3,16023
1996#9,5818#3,67818
1995#9,5538#2,55629
1994#6,67213#3,10922
1993#10,5887#2,69726
1992#6,00815#2,30332
1991#8,5889#2,29531
1990#5,28617#1,73046
1989#8,7618#1,56751
1988#11,7985#1,55347
1987#5,31214#1,53446
1986#6,61210#1,38551
1985#3,00830#1,22860
1984#5,22213#1,38247
1983#6,7059#1,06769
1982#3,78021#1,12466
1981#5,25413#1,11167
1980#4,97814#1,02278
1979#3,54122#1,04471
1978#2,68031#1,10962
1977#3,48621#90488
1976#3,18822#89785
1975#4,14115#86193
1974#3,42619#81398
1973#2,26734#737118
1972#2,97622#692134
1971#2,47730#688145
1970#1,90445#672148
1969#1,87144#633156
1968#1,70847#575172
1967#1,70245#548184
1966#1,48855#563183
1965#1,59549#575177
1964#1,44361#550205
1963#1,47857#492263
1962#1,40762#517233
1961#1,42861#486264
1960#1,14790#480273
1959#1,30667#457305
1958#1,16483#465284
1957#1,10989#399378
1956#1,04396#377392
1955#1,10681#361403
1954#1,01194#346428
1953#97496#337426
1952#93099#322486
1951#831116#306514
1950#755131#285554
1949#692148#260623
1948#622177#269606
1947#663160#255670
1946#601172#229683
1945#573163#213647
1944#544176#208706
1943#517208#195825
1942#536191#200788
1941#549163#188783
1940#550156#190755
1939#580133#179788
1938#544157#175827
1937#565144#178779
1936#554138#172789
1935#597119#172810
1934#665102#164874
1933#646103#174773
1932#71590#173816
1931#74980#179750
1930#74488#181757
1929#83572#192707
1928#90266#208655
1927#90468#202694
1926#84376#193738
1925#1,00855#189731
1924#99958#207669
1923#91264#196700
1922#1,02254#228589
1921#1,07250#204669
1920#1,20640#212607
1919#90261#228530
1918#90063#231521
1917#96452#202563
1916#1,16737#205541
1915#1,19033#206527
1914#1,05932#211382
1913#1,00329#230264
1912#2,1448#213256
1911#1,24114#240113
1910#1,42111#25689
1909#1,05215#23587
1908#1,08414#24277
1907#1,8216#24472
1906—#25062
1905—#22872
1904#1,00113#22370
1903—#23360
1902—#25652
1901—#25446
1900—#24469
1899#1,5965#21660
1898—#24551
1897#1,2637#22258
1896#1,5835#25550
1895—#22361
1894—#25646
1893—#24650
1892—#25748
1891—#30829
1890—#27041
1889—#29433
1888—#28937
1887—#27634
1886—#33625
1885—#33226
1884—#36024
1883—#29431
1882—#30732
1881—#34822
1880—#33426
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Carroll was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Carroll is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedAKMaine: #53 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 241 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #87 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 526 boysNHWashington: #197 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,588 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #186 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,255 boysNDMinnesota: #135 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 820 boysMNIllinois: #192 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,695 boysILWisconsin: #198 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,905 boysWIMichigan: #270 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,482 boysMINew York: #362 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,989 boysNYMassachusetts: #149 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,844 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedSDIowa: #115 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 573 boysIAIndiana: #152 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,162 boysINOhio: #183 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,752 boysOHPennsylvania: #217 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 2,801 boysPANew Jersey: #256 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,201 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #306 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,886 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCONebraska: #160 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 967 boysNEMissouri: #245 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,535 boysMOKentucky: #180 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,223 boysKYWest Virginia: #262 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,246 boysWVVirginia: #116 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 646 boysVAMaryland: #48 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 218 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNMKansas: #290 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,965 boysKSArkansas: #185 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,124 boysARTennessee: #188 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,511 boysTNNorth Carolina: #183 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,185 boysNCSouth Carolina: #153 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 966 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #282 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,540 boysOKLouisiana: #176 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 960 boysLAMississippi: #278 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,216 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedALGeorgia: #177 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,278 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedHITexas: #244 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,488 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#48 · 1 in 218
  2. Maine#53 · 1 in 241
  3. New Hampshire#87 · 1 in 526
  4. Iowa#115 · 1 in 573
  5. Virginia#116 · 1 in 646

Best ever in a state: #40 in Maine, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#48581 in 218
Maine#53261 in 241
New Hampshire#8761 in 526
Iowa#115341 in 573
Virginia#116351 in 646
Minnesota#135251 in 820
Massachusetts#149181 in 1,844
Indiana#152221 in 1,162
South Carolina#153191 in 966
Nebraska#160121 in 967
Louisiana#176201 in 960
Georgia#177221 in 1,278
Kentucky#180211 in 1,223
North Carolina#183291 in 1,185
Ohio#183301 in 1,752
Arkansas#185151 in 1,124
North Dakota#18651 in 1,255
Tennessee#188161 in 1,511
Illinois#192341 in 1,695
Washington#19761 in 1,588
Wisconsin#198131 in 1,905
Pennsylvania#217301 in 2,801
Texas#244391 in 1,488
Missouri#245111 in 2,535
New Jersey#25671 in 4,201
West Virginia#26281 in 2,246
Michigan#270121 in 3,482
Mississippi#27891 in 2,216
Oklahoma#28291 in 2,540
Kansas#29051 in 2,965
California#306131 in 2,886
New York#362141 in 6,989
Alabama———
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Arizona———
Colorado———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Florida———
Hawaii———
Idaho———
Montana———
Nevada———
New Mexico———
Oregon———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
Utah———
Vermont———
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 Carroll
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1887 (#336 → #276)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1978 (#904 → #1,109)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #164 (874 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 98 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,181
  • Highest: 1 in 1,181 boys born in 1934 were named Carroll (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,822 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Carroll (7,963) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s290#276 (1887)#317
1890s494#216 (1899)#250
1900s667#223 (1904)#241
1910s3,786#202 (1917)#222
1920s6,759#189 (1925)#203
1930s7,963#164 (1934)#175
1940s7,086#188 (1941)#221
1950s4,170#285 (1950)#366
1960s2,110#480 (1960)#542
1970s1,042#672 (1970)#842
1980s582#1,022 (1980)#1,297
1990s259#1,730 (1990)#3,010
2000s113#5,035 (2003)#6,758
2010s91#5,659 (2013)#8,535
2020s19#7,089 (2021)#8,005

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.

Carroll in 1928

girls
#902
66 births · 1 in 17,475 girls
boys
#208
655 births · 1 in 1,691 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #902Carroll66

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #208Carroll655
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 17,475 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 83.4% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #896Juliet67
  2. #896Nada67
  3. #896Rachael67
  4. #902Carroll66
  5. #902Adelina66
  6. #902Altha66
  7. #902Bridget66
  8. #918Bulah65
  9. #918Dorathy65
  10. #918Gaynell65

Tied with 15 names at #902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 1,691 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 95.6% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #205Malcolm666
  2. #206Wendell658
  3. #207Elbert656
  4. #208Carroll655
  5. #209Mark652
  6. #210Darrell647
  7. #211Wilfred636
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →