Caryl
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807 · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 94.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 150 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,347since 1896
Caryl 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
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,491 | 58 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,396 | 62 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,190 | 86 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,135 | 93 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,158 | 89 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,090 | 101 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,015 | 112 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #848 | 145 | — | |
| 1958 | #808 | 155 | — | |
| 1957 | #790 | 163 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #729 | 176 | — | |
| 1955 | #883 | 121 | — | |
| 1954 | #821 | 131 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #860 | 118 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #752 | 140 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #803 | 123 | — | |
| 1950 | #664 | 165 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #671 | 154 | — | |
| 1948 | #696 | 143 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #610 | 190 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #681 | 136 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #624 | 135 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #668 | 123 | — | |
| 1943 | #652 | 135 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #558 | 177 | — | |
| 1941 | #584 | 143 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #557 | 154 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #633 | 115 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #561 | 148 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #604 | 124 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #537 | 147 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #525 | 150 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #551 | 137 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #654 | 101 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #639 | 109 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #688 | 94 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #606 | 130 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #578 | 140 | — | |
| 1928 | #661 | 112 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #798 | 83 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #800 | 82 | — | |
| 1925 | #953 | 61 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #829 | 81 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #845 | 75 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #1,103 | 48 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #1,080 | 49 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #959 | 51 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Caryl! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Caryl is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#215 · 1 in 2,084
- Illinois#234 · 1 in 2,108
- Iowa#276 · 1 in 2,903
- New Jersey#346 · 1 in 4,862
- New York#367 · 1 in 4,384
Best ever in a state: #179 in South Dakota, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #215 | 12 | 1 in 2,084 |
| Illinois | #234 | 29 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Iowa | #276 | 7 | 1 in 2,903 |
| New Jersey | #346 | 6 | 1 in 4,862 |
| New York | #367 | 22 | 1 in 4,384 |
| Ohio | #406 | 10 | 1 in 5,716 |
| Michigan | #442 | 7 | 1 in 6,838 |
| California | #516 | 9 | 1 in 6,194 |
| Pennsylvania | #584 | 6 | 1 in 13,094 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Caryl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1923 (#1,103 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1917 (#959 → #1,183)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1935 at #525 (150 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1923–1959
- Highest: 1 in 6,991 girls born in 1935 were named Caryl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,168 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all girls named Caryl (1,490) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,543 |
| 1900s | 38 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,700 |
| 1910s | 250 | #959 (1916) | #1,321 |
| 1920s | 772 | #578 (1929) | #884 |
| 1930s | 1,255 | #525 (1935) | #600 |
| 1940s | 1,490 | #557 (1940) | #630 |
| 1950s | 1,437 | #664 (1950) | #796 |
| 1960s | 756 | #1,015 (1960) | #1,348 |
| 1970s | 204 | #2,043 (1970) | #3,599 |
| 1980s | 105 | #5,245 (1980) | #6,540 |
| 1990s | 29 | #8,734 (1992) | #10,345 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caryl in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 8,448 of them was named Caryl, which outranked 88.5% 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).
- #581Julianne145
- #581Lessie145
- #583Selma144
- #584Caryl143
- #584Georgie143
- #584Sharlene143
- #584Tamara143
- #589Carolee142
- #589Elsa142
- #589Reta142
Tied with 4 names at #584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 153,540 of them was named Caryl, which outranked 33.6% 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).
- #2,491Winferd9
- #2,491Wm9
- #2,491Zachary9
- #2,656Caryl8
- #2,656Abelino8
- #2,656Addie8
- #2,656Aldrich8
- #2,872Abbott7
- #2,872Abie7
- #2,872Achille7
Tied with 215 names at #2,656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.