girls:
4.3k births since 1907
#2632 (54th percentile)
boys:
6.1k births since 1890
#1511 (67th percentile)
overall:
10.3k births since 1890
#2621 (66th percentile)
The name Carrol is the #2,621 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,319 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 66.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,511 (67.0% percentile) for all time with 6,067 births since 1890. For girls, it ranks #2,632 (53.9% percentile) for all time with 4,252 births since 1907.
Carrol first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for boys and 1907 for girls). Birth data for Carrol is available in 96 out of the 113 years between 1890 and 2002 (91 years for boys and 83 years for girls). 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 Carrol has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.8% of all recorded births). In 2002, 0.0% of babies named Carrol were boys. Interestingly, until around 1944, the name was more popular for boys (69.1% boys from 1890 to 1943), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (60.2% girls from 1944 to 2002).
For boys, Carrol reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 31.5% percentile (ranked #362) with 165 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 169 births per million (ranked 31.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
For girls, Carrol reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 29.1% percentile (ranked #445) with 139 births per million. The name was most common in 1943, with 139 births per million (ranked 29.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carrol".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Carrol. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.4% confident that Carrol is pronounced as KA-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-ruhl, at 31.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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