unisex name

Caroll

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 2,303

Caroll is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 66% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2005 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1946, when 86 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.

Caroll over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2005, not a full ten years.

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Births named Caroll by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 74
1920s 194
1930s 418
1940s 639
1950s 416
1960s 212
1970s 90
1980s 7
1990s 23
2000s (to 2005) 5

How popular is Caroll?

In 2005, Caroll was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Caroll is used

France #4,009 5 in 1992
United States #19,178 5 in 2005

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Caroll

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Caroll also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Caroll over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Caroll

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Caroll — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Caroll

How popular is the name Caroll?

In 2005, Caroll was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Caroll a girl's or a boy's name?

Caroll is used for both girls and boys. About 66% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Caroll most popular?

Caroll peaked in 1946, when 86 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.