Caryl
Caryl is both a unisex given name and surname. As a given name, it is an alternate form of Carol that is common for women and Carroll that is uncommon for men. It is also an uncommon surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Caryl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Caryl is both a unisex given name and surname. As a given name, it is an alternate form of Carol that is common for women and Carroll that is uncommon for men. It is also an uncommon surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Caryl
As a girl name
Caryl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1896, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 190 births, good for #610 nationwide. About 23% of every Caryl on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Caryl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 6 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.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Caryl as a boy name dates back to 1898, when 5 babies received it. 1928 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Caryl — #1,960 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Caryl on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Caryl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 344 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Caryl
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Caryl. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Caryl
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About the name Caryl
Caryl is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1896 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Caryl's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #610. Use the chart and map above to compare Caryl'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.