Carrel
Carrel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Armand Carrel (1800–1836), French writer Alexis Carrel (1873–1944), French surgeon and biologist Dany Carrel, French actress Félicité Carrel, Italian mountaineer Frank Carrel (1870–1940), Canadian journalist, publisher and politician Gabriella Carrel, Italian cross-country skier Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829–1890), Italian mountain…
Meaning & Origin of Carrel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carrel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Armand Carrel (1800–1836), French writer Alexis Carrel (1873–1944), French surgeon and biologist Dany Carrel, French actress Félicité Carrel, Italian mountaineer Frank Carrel (1870–1940), Canadian journalist, publisher and politician Gabriella Carrel, Italian cross-country skier Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829–1890), Italian mountain…
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The Story of Carrel
American parents first put Carrel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 16 Carrels were born — ranking #2,043 that year. About 29% of every Carrel on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Carrel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1960, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 395 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Carrel
Carrel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 395 births in the dataset. Carrel's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #2,043. Use the chart and map above to compare Carrel'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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