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

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Peak · girls
1935 · 150 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,347
since 1896

Caryl over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #525, 1935peak #1,121, 1898girlsboys
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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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1996#11,8076—
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1994#10,5697#8,8005
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1992#8,7349—
1991#10,2717—
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1989#8,7618—
1988#5,89513—
1987#5,92312#5,4597
1986#6,61210—
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1984#8,1537—
1983#6,21210—
1982#6,8889—
1981#5,25413—
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1979#3,90319—
1978#4,07917#5,7725
1977#3,26723—
1976#5,21511—
1975#3,95016—
1974#3,86316—
1973#3,48118—
1972#2,68026—
1971#3,50818—
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1969#2,10236—
1968#1,49158—
1967#1,59850—
1966#1,39662—
1965#1,30269—
1964#1,19086—
1963#1,13593—
1962#1,15889—
1961#1,090101#4,0655
1960#1,015112#2,68510
1959#848145—
1958#808155—
1957#790163#3,5526
1956#729176—
1955#883121—
1954#821131#3,8275
1953#860118#3,7985
1952#752140#3,7345
1951#803123—
1950#664165#3,6815
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1948#696143#3,3166
1947#610190#2,49810
1946#681136#3,5255
1945#624135#2,9966
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1943#652135#2,7328
1942#558177—
1941#584143#2,6568
1940#557154#2,8717
1939#633115#2,8297
1938#561148#2,08412
1937#604124#3,1756
1936#537147#2,6298
1935#525150#2,7198
1934#551137#2,5639
1933#654101#2,7388
1932#639109#2,31311
1931#68894#2,6519
1930#606130#2,44411
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1928#661112#1,96016
1927#79883#3,1518
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1925#95361#2,58811
1924#82981#3,5057
1923#84575#3,8226
1922#1,10348#2,63011
1921#1,08049#3,5177
1920#1,19041#4,2865
1919#1,27036#3,1158
1918#1,38031#2,39812
1917#1,18337#2,42311
1916#95951#2,54310
1915#1,19033#3,3926
1914#1,60317#2,2719
1913#1,22921#1,80310
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1911#1,6569—
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First appearance
1896

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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,945 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMINew York: #1,293 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 22,707 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,567 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 25,634 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedHITexas: #1,161 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,655 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Caryl, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#956 · 1 in 13,945
  2. Texas#1,161 · 1 in 15,655
  3. New York#1,293 · 1 in 22,707
  4. California#1,567 · 1 in 25,634

Best ever in a state: #179 in South Dakota, 1928.

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Illinois#95661 in 13,945
Texas#1,16161 in 15,655
New York#1,29361 in 22,707
California#1,56761 in 25,634
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1935 at #525 (150 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1923–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,991
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 23.5% of all girls named Caryl (1,490) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,502 (1898)#1,543
1900s38#1,538 (1905)#1,700
1910s250#959 (1916)#1,321
1920s772#578 (1929)#884
1930s1,255#525 (1935)#600
1940s1,490#557 (1940)#630
1950s1,437#664 (1950)#796
1960s756#1,015 (1960)#1,348
1970s204#2,043 (1970)#3,599
1980s105#5,245 (1980)#6,540
1990s29#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 1968

girls
#1,491
58 births · 1 in 28,283 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #1,491Caryl58
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 28,283 of them was named Caryl, which outranked 81.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caryl
  1. #1,473Shawnda59
  2. #1,473Suzie59
  3. #1,473Veda59
  4. #1,491Caryl58
  5. #1,491Andrew58
  6. #1,491Corrie58
  7. #1,491Gertrude58
  8. #1,504Corine57
  9. #1,504Delma57
  10. #1,504Dulcey57

Tied with 12 names at #1,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →