Caroll

Boy · recorded 1912–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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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 58 recorded years as a table
Caroll, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191212
19148
191514
191617
191711
19189
191910
19209
192111
192210
19235
19248
192511
192614
192713
192811
192920
193015
193118
193221
193316
193413
193517
193620
193716
193811
193923
194020
194115
194211
19439
194411
194510
194613
19475
19485
194911
19509
195112
195211
195311
195410
19559
19569
19575
19586
19593
19603
19613
19624
19636
19644
19653
19666
19673
19683
19763
19793

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Caroll isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
6
Rank in 1979
#5,355
How rare
1 in 286,922 boys
Since 1912
776

Caroll was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 23 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Caroll doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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