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Carnell

#7,763 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Carnell has been given to 5,164 babies in the U.S. since 1897. In 2025 it ranked #7,763 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1958, with 92 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Carnell, 2025

1 in 332,000

Carnell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Carnell over time

In 2025, Carnell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18972025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Carnell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Carnell means

Carnell is a given name.

The naming story behind Carnell

Wikidata records Carnell as a given name. The entity identifier is Q121422417, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,618 boys were recorded with the name Carnell between 1897 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 92 in 1958; its best national rank was #765 in 1955.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,277 in 2020 to #7,763 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,801 in 2015 to #7,763 in 2025.

In the United States, 546 girls were recorded with the name Carnell between 1913 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,739 in 1923.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Carnell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,763
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carnell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carnell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carnells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carnell was born before 1968 — so the typical Carnell is around 57 today.

Median birth year
1968
About 57 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
15.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,542
People you could plausibly meet
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1950s — 15.9% of all recorded uses (734).

Is Carnell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+3,409
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,486
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,962
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.9%
Peak was 1958 (92)
Years since peak
67
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#765
1955

Spellings of Carnell

Carnell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 48.1% against Carnell's 1.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Carnell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Carnell was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 92,067 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 14,286
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 25,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 33,333
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 33,333
  5. 5Alabama1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 50,000
  8. 8Arkansas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carnell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Carnell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Carnell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,038,476 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Mississippi1 in —
  3. 3Tennessee1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carnell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Carnell around the world

Where Carnell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2010
    #4,678
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Notable people named Carnell

People whose public names include Carnell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Carnell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,763
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,486
Best rank ever
#765
1955
Peak year
1958
92 that year
First recorded
1897
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,618
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,739
1923
Peak year
1923
24 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1967
All-time count
546
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Carnell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CardellCarrellCarlyleCartierCarstenCarvellCarsenCarmeloCarmineCarverCarlitoMarkellKendellMarcellCarlinJarrellLatrellDerrellCarmelloCarsynCarlisleCartrellPernellWindell

Names with a curve like Carnell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Carnell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AlfonzoDonellRanceGilDaveyErasmoVinsonReymundoEdmundoDoranEloyDerrell

Sibling names for Carnell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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