Caril
Caril Ann Fugate is an American spree killer. Fugate was an accomplice of Charles Starkweather, being 14 years old when his murders took place in 1958. She was convicted as his accomplice and sentenced to life imprisonment. She was paroled in 1976 after serving 18 years.
Meaning & Origin of Caril
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Caril Ann Fugate is an American spree killer. Fugate was an accomplice of Charles Starkweather, being 14 years old when his murders took place in 1958. She was convicted as his accomplice and sentenced to life imprisonment. She was paroled in 1976 after serving 18 years.
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The Story of Caril
Caril first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1935, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1958: 10 births, good for #3,925 nationwide. About 63% of every Caril on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Caril last appeared in the published SSA data in 1959, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Caril
Caril is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Caril's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #3,925. Use the chart and map above to compare Caril'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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