Caroll
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Caroll has been given to 2,078 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1946, with 65 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.
Babies named Caroll, 2005
1 in 769,000
Caroll over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Caroll over time
In 2005, Caroll went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Caroll?
Caroll had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2005
- 1 in 769,000
- 5 of 3,844,258 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 369,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2005
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 532,928 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Caroll sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caroll. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Carolls were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Caroll was born before 1946 — so the typical Caroll is around 79 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1940s
- 36.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 2.2%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 505
- People you could plausibly meet
1940s — 36.9% of all recorded uses (481).
Is Caroll 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1946 (65)
- Years since peak
- 79
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 32.1% average annual change
Spellings of Caroll
Caroll is not the most common spelling — Carol is, with 46.4% against Caroll's 0.07%.
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 Caroll is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Caroll was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 561,808 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Illinois1 in —
- 3Indiana1 in —
- 4Michigan1 in —
- 5Missouri1 in —
- 6New York1 in —
- 7Pennsylvania1 in —
- 8Texas1 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. Caroll has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Caroll is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Caroll was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,059,542 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Kentucky1 in —
- 2North Carolina1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
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. Caroll has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Caroll around the world
Where Caroll 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.
- France1946–1992#2,515in 1992
- South Australia1945–1986#667in 1986
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Caroll by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Caroll
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Caroll
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.