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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedAKMaine: #67 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 340 boysMEVermont: #69 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 330 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNHWashington: #246 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #217 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,468 boysMNIllinois: #235 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,779 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedWIMichigan: #327 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,541 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #200 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,703 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: #137 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 863 boysIAIndiana: #185 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,771 boysINOhio: #222 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,703 boysOHPennsylvania: #282 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,065 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #339 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,505 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedCONebraska: #177 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,248 boysNEMissouri: #178 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,410 boysMOKentucky: #113 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 633 boysKYWest Virginia: #131 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 827 boysWVVirginia: #100 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 485 boysVAMaryland: #69 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 361 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: #188 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,356 boysKSArkansas: #79 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 366 boysARTennessee: #152 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 956 boysTNNorth Carolina: #125 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 704 boysNCSouth Carolina: #114 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 639 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #141 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,071 boysDCOklahoma: #180 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,207 boysOKLouisiana: #111 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 554 boysLAMississippi: #290 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,765 boysMSAlabama: #401 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,905 boysALGeorgia: #190 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,409 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carroll, so not publishedHITexas: #169 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 864 boysTXFlorida: #223 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,661 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#67 · 1 in 340
  2. Vermont#69 · 1 in 330
  3. Maryland#69 · 1 in 361
  4. Arkansas#79 · 1 in 366
  5. Virginia#100 · 1 in 485

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#67201 in 340
Maryland#69421 in 361
Vermont#6981 in 330
Arkansas#79541 in 366
Virginia#100531 in 485
Louisiana#111441 in 554
Kentucky#113451 in 633
South Carolina#114341 in 639
North Carolina#125551 in 704
West Virginia#131241 in 827
Iowa#137251 in 863
District of Columbia#14171 in 1,071
Tennessee#152311 in 956
Texas#169771 in 864
Nebraska#17781 in 1,248
Missouri#178221 in 1,410
Oklahoma#180181 in 1,207
Indiana#185171 in 1,771
Kansas#188101 in 1,356
Georgia#190231 in 1,409
Massachusetts#20091 in 3,703
Minnesota#217101 in 2,468
Ohio#222221 in 2,703
Florida#223101 in 1,661
Illinois#235231 in 2,779
Washington#24651 in 2,750
Pennsylvania#282161 in 5,065
Mississippi#29081 in 2,765
Michigan#32791 in 5,541
California#339131 in 4,505
Alabama#40161 in 4,905
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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 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 1941

girls
#549
163 births · 1 in 7,412 girls
boys
#188
783 births · 1 in 1,569 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #549Carroll163

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #188Carroll783
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 7,412 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 89.2% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #545Lucia168
  2. #547Lily166
  3. #548Lucretia165
  4. #549Carroll163
  5. #550Clare162
  6. #550Roxie162
  7. #552Belva159
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 1,569 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carroll
  1. #185Earnest812
  2. #186Nelson791
  3. #187Donnie786
  4. #188Carroll783
  5. #189Homer776
  6. #190Ben767
  7. #191Guy760
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →