Carrol

Boy · recorded 1890–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1930best year

Most popular in 1930.

Last recorded in 1989. 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 1890

08717418901915194019641989

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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 91 recorded years as a table
Carrol, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189045
189249
189443
189543
189659
189849
190156
190273
190367
190553
190698
190789
190897
190973
191067
191131
191284
191394
1914105
1915114
1916129
1917118
1918111
1919120
1920126
1921130
1922132
1923116
1924130
1925134
1926110
1927137
1928144
1929171
1930174
1931167
1932153
1933166
1934169
1935162
1936164
1937147
1938153
1939157
1940147
1941134
194292
1943106
194480
194580
194655
194767
194850
194942
195053
195134
195232
195328
195422
195516
195615
195716
195815
195914
196015
196111
19628
196312
19647
196514
19668
19679
196811
196913
19707
19719
19725
19734
197410
19759
197610
19775
19785
19793
19804
19814
19826
19834
19873
19883
19894

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carrol 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 1989
8
Rank in 1989
#5,615
How rare
1 in 250,116 boys
Since 1890
6,067

Carrol was last recorded in 1989. 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 1930, at 174 per million boys born.

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

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