Carrol
Carrol is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Carrol
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carrol is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Carrol
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Carrol as a girl name dates back to 1907, when 5 babies received it. 1943 was its biggest year on record, with 200 newborns named Carrol — #533 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Carrol on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Carrol last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Carrol first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1890, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1930: 191 births, good for #426 nationwide. About 28% of every Carrol on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Carrol last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Carrol
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Carrol. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Carrol
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About the name Carrol
Carrol is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Carrol's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #426. Use the chart and map above to compare Carrol'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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