Carl Name Popularity

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How popular is Carl?

Ranking 700th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Carl is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #22 for the first time in 1894 and as recently as 1915.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1956 with 8,311 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Carl in any given year was 342 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1885-1888, 1906-1915, and 1944-1947, the name Carl took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1964-1967, 1968-1973, 1984-1987, 1988-1997, 1998-2002, 2006-2010, and 2015-2017.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carl be?

Carl's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Carl has dropped.

The name Carl still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Carl has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Carl (Girl)		Carl (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	342	700
2017		< 5	--	413	628
2016		< 5	--	443	605
2015		< 5	--	457	597
2014		< 5	--	435	613
2013		< 5	--	444	580
2012		< 5	--	486	538
2011		< 5	--	426	589
2010		< 5	--	448	564
2009		< 5	--	519	519
2008		< 5	--	557	491
2007		< 5	--	626	446
2006		< 5	--	658	427
2005		< 5	--	653	415
2004		< 5	--	752	369
2003		< 5	--	775	354
2002		< 5	--	784	349
2001		< 5	--	881	319
2000		< 5	--	988	304
1999		< 5	--	996	290
1998		< 5	--	1,146	260
1997		< 5	--	1,093	260
1996		< 5	--	1,183	250
1995		< 5	--	1,381	213
1994		6	12,017	1,416	203
1993		7	10,785	1,585	193
1992		11	7,595	1,779	181
1991		8	9,457	1,923	168
1990		6	11,622	2,191	145
1989		15	5,581	2,258	135
1988		30	3,236	2,317	126
1987		30	3,113	2,222	126
1986		35	2,736	2,443	114
1985		27	3,258	2,525	112
1984		25	3,338	2,567	108
1983		34	2,599	2,604	106
1982		45	2,223	2,805	104
1981		32	2,787	2,791	106
1980		35	2,658	2,935	102
1979		23	3,453	2,900	100
1978		41	2,240	2,607	100
1977		39	2,309	2,618	99
1976		32	2,491	2,670	95
1975		48	1,880	2,808	91
1974		35	2,260	2,896	89
1973		45	1,856	3,015	90
1972		36	2,138	3,406	85
1971		37	2,175	4,058	72
1970		51	1,762	4,399	67
1969		43	1,903	4,526	62
1968		39	1,912	4,643	59
1967		40	1,852	4,897	57
1966		44	1,700	5,227	56
1965		32	2,066	5,797	54
1964		38	1,919	6,661	55
1963		38	1,896	7,132	54
1962		34	1,992	6,855	58
1961		37	1,896	7,248	56
1960		54	1,501	7,807	53
1959		37	1,825	7,501	54
1958		43	1,632	7,719	51
1957		30	1,991	8,190	49
1956		32	1,903	8,311	48
1955		32	1,882	8,286	47
1954		29	1,949	8,135	47
1953		24	2,128	7,829	44
1952		19	2,417	7,823	45
1951		38	1,529	7,641	43
1950		28	1,794	7,288	44
1949		35	1,564	7,690	43
1948		34	1,603	7,830	42
1947		32	1,701	8,048	40
1946		25	1,817	7,381	39
1945		26	1,625	6,313	39
1944		30	1,493	6,822	36
1943		40	1,294	7,464	33
1942		32	1,447	7,266	36
1941		31	1,386	7,160	29
1940		31	1,354	6,754	32
1939		45	1,066	6,594	30
1938		32	1,288	6,846	29
1937		36	1,199	6,909	28
1936		41	1,097	6,589	27
1935		26	1,453	6,693	28
1934		38	1,150	6,680	28
1933		35	1,203	6,191	28
1932		46	1,045	6,711	28
1931		54	942	6,581	28
1930		59	950	6,952	26
1929		50	1,032	6,894	28
1928		61	956	6,944	28
1927		57	1,010	7,281	26
1926		47	1,099	6,940	26
1925		50	1,075	7,058	28
1924		46	1,152	7,086	27
1923		49	1,088	6,871	28
1922		48	1,104	6,691	30
1921		42	1,189	7,077	30
1920		45	1,123	7,010	27
1919		45	1,092	6,475	29
1918		51	1,007	7,003	25
1917		46	1,043	6,699	24
1916		39	1,130	6,786	23
1915		30	1,290	6,613	22
1914		34	1,025	4,807	24
1913		25	1,096	3,935	23
1912		19	1,225	3,224	24
1911		13	1,314	1,574	26
1910		12	1,345	1,339	26
1909		10	1,379	1,215	25
1908		9	1,458	1,074	29
1907		9	1,403	1,018	27
1906		6	1,760	951	27
1905		11	1,171	959	26
1904		7	1,509	953	25
1903		6	1,627	910	23
1902		9	1,234	952	24
1901		9	1,146	817	24
1900		10	1,237	1,016	29
1899		7	1,294	774	25
1898		8	1,274	919	24
1897		12	934	828	25
1896		5	1,619	852	25
1895		14	866	851	22
1894		10	1,007	861	22
1893		7	1,194	786	24
1892		10	966	808	25
1891		10	900	675	24
1890		8	1,017	693	27
1889		6	1,163	704	27
1888		10	846	675	29
1887		7	959	588	28
1886		6	1,005	556	32
1885		5	1,066	494	34
1884		< 5	--	521	36
1883		< 5	--	480	32
1882		< 5	--	478	35
1881		< 5	--	359	41
1880		< 5	--	372	42

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.