girls:
1.3k births since 1918
#4421 (23rd percentile)
boys:
776 births since 1912
#3811 (17th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1912
#5704 (26th percentile)
The name Caroll is the #5,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,078 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 26.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,421 (22.6% percentile) for all time with 1,302 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #3,811 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 776 births since 1912.
Caroll first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Caroll is available in 73 out of the 94 years between 1912 and 2005 (65 years for girls and 58 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Caroll has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.7% of all recorded births). In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Caroll were girls. Interestingly, until around 1935, the name was more popular for boys (62.7% boys from 1912 to 1934), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (69.5% girls from 1935 to 2005).
For girls, Caroll reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #599) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1946, with 40 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Caroll reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #501) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Caroll".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Caroll. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.2% confident that Caroll is pronounced as KEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-ruhl, at 40.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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