Karel

girls:

1.2k births since 1932

#4511 (21st percentile)

boys:

591 births since 1916

#3995 (13th percentile)

overall:

1.8k births since 1916

#5955 (23rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Karel is the #5,955 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,799 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 23.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,511 (21.1% percentile) for all time with 1,208 births since 1932. For boys, it ranks #3,995 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 591 births since 1916.

Karel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1932 for girls). Birth data for Karel is available in 94 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (77 years for boys and 63 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 Karel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Karel were girls.

For girls, Karel reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 11.0% percentile (ranked #517) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 61 births per million (ranked 11.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.

For boys, Karel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #894) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Karel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #894 (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karel".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
1,208
Peak Births
69
Peak Year
1939
First Recorded
1932
Peak Percentile
11.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#517
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
591
Peak Births
22
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1916
Peak Percentile
1.9%
Current Percentile
1.9%
Peak Rank
#894
Current Rank
#894
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Karel

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Karel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 32.5% confident that Karel is pronounced as KAH-rehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-REHL, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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KAH-rehl (2 syllables)
32.5% confidence
K AA1 R EH0 L
kuh-REHL (2 syllables)
20.0% confidence
K AH0 R EH1 L
kah-REHL (2 syllables)
12.5% confidence
K AA0 R EH1 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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