Carel
Carel is a given name, and may refer to:
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Carel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carel is a given name, and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Carel
As a girl name
Carel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1924, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1949: 11 births, good for #3,176 nationwide. About 70% of every Carel on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Carel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1959, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Carel on the record books as a boy name in 1915, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1925, when 9 Carels were born — ranking #2,936 that year. About 24% of every Carel on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Carel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 166 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Carel
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Carel. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Carel
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About the name Carel
Carel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 166 births in the dataset. Carel's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #2,936. Use the chart and map above to compare Carel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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