Carl

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,132in 2025
  • 1 in 9,134boys in 2025
  • −54%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Ohio

Most popular in 1915.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,8977,79318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Carl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,367
18813,564
18824,205
18834,588
18844,553
18854,583
18865,019
18875,798
18885,585
18896,366
18906,242
18916,671
18926,621
18936,998
18947,437
18957,249
18967,126
18977,343
18987,491
18997,287
19006,752
19017,674
19027,761
19037,632
19047,438
19057,248
19067,142
19076,933
19086,959
19097,409
19106,895
19116,966
19127,499
19137,677
19147,342
19157,793
19167,623
19177,238
19186,911
19196,605
19206,586
19216,425
19226,148
19236,269
19246,255
19256,328
19266,249
19276,457
19286,271
19296,410
19306,334
19316,332
19326,430
19336,241
19346,472
19356,427
19366,355
19376,482
19386,175
19395,957
19405,825
19415,829
19425,262
19435,235
19445,008
19454,691
19464,544
19474,400
19484,462
19494,334
19504,071
19514,058
19524,025
19533,969
19543,991
19554,026
19563,930
19573,797
19583,644
19593,514
19603,662
19613,415
19623,313
19633,509
19643,343
19653,116
19662,931
19672,804
19682,673
19692,529
19702,369
19712,293
19722,100
19731,933
19741,841
19751,800
19761,702
19771,591
19781,587
19791,683
19801,645
19811,559
19821,544
19831,453
19841,422
19851,367
19861,327
19871,191
19881,211
19891,129
19901,066
1991951
1992892
1993808
1994732
1995725
1996625
1997580
1998600
1999519
2000503
2001454
2002404
2003392
2004379
2005327
2006320
2007303
2008274
2009262
2010234
2011224
2012257
2013236
2014227
2015238
2016234
2017224
2018190
2019178
2020166
2021141
2022126
2023136
2024125
2025109

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Ohio 2.1×
  2. Illinois 1.3×
  3. New York 1.3×
  4. Florida 1.0×
  5. California 0.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
187
Rank in 2025
#1,132
How rare
1 in 9,134 boys
Since 1880
504,827

Most popular in 1915, at 7,793 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 54% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Ohio2.1×41
Illinois1.3×25
New York1.3×40
Florida1.0×37
California0.7×44

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.