Carvel
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 520since 1912
Carvel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Carvel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
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| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Carvel! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Carvel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Carvel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1938 at #1,818 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 63,271
- Highest: 1 in 63,271 boys born in 1929 were named Carvel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 396,996 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,818 in 1938, was only 1 in 73,943 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 19.8% of all boys named Carvel (103) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 58 | #2,259 (1916) | #2,770 |
| 1920s | 95 | #1,848 (1929) | #2,702 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,818 (1938) | #2,364 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,988 (1944) | #2,366 |
| 1950s | 61 | #2,628 (1956) | #3,308 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,476 (1965) | #2,914 |
| 1970s | 16 | #4,986 (1972) | #5,388 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,315 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,914 |
| 2000s | 5 | #11,356 (2004) | #11,356 |
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.
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