Karrol
The Story of Karrol
As a girl name
American parents first put Karrol on the record books as a girl name in 1939, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1940, when 7 Karrols were born — ranking #3,503 that year. About 58% of every Karrol on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Karrol last appeared in the published SSA data in 1960, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Karrol on the record books as a boy name in 1939, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1939, when 7 Karrols were born — ranking #2,829 that year. Karrol last appeared in the published SSA data in 1939, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Karrol
Karrol is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1939 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Karrol's peak popularity came in 1940 when it ranked #3,503. Use the chart and map above to compare Karrol'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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