Carnell
Carnell was given to 10 boys in 2025, #7,763 among boys’ names; 5,164 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,490 Americans named Carnell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 31 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Carnell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Carnell?
#7,763 among boys’ names, 2025
Carnell fell from #3,801 in 2015 to #7,763 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 14.6 to 5.9 per million.
102 babies in 1955, the peak
Carnell peaked in 1955, when 102 babies were given it (90 boys, #765 among boys’ names). The 10 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 10 | #7,763 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 6 | #11,172 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 10 | #7,825 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 12 | #6,892 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 7 | #9,895 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 17 | #5,277 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 21 | #4,660 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 21 | #4,624 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 12 | #6,752 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 20 | #4,802 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 28 | #3,801 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 33 | #3,311 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 31 | #3,419 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 39 | #2,961 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 34 | #3,247 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 39 | #2,965 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 43 | #2,807 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 57 | #2,297 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 57 | #2,284 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 39 | #2,888 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 58 | #2,112 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 29 | #3,289 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 33 | #2,930 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 26 | #3,360 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 29 | #3,069 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 25 | #3,311 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 30 | #2,801 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 35 | #2,457 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 36 | #2,314 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 33 | #2,380 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 31 | #2,447 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 43 | #1,926 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 40 | #2,008 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 36 | #2,128 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 51 | #1,627 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 65 | #1,378 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 42 | #1,795 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 50 | #1,499 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 50 | #1,438 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 52 | #1,365 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 49 | #1,390 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 52 | #1,281 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 45 | #1,401 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 55 | #1,255 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 63 | #1,156 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 53 | #1,272 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 53 | #1,261 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 65 | #1,081 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 56 | #1,178 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 40 | #1,413 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 84 | #902 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 49 | #1,182 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 57 | #1,075 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 60 | #1,040 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 62 | #1,035 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 62 | #1,033 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 62 | #974 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 60 | #941 | |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,034 | 46 | #1,089 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,333 | 54 | #992 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,348 | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 62 | #968 | |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,965 | 59 | #987 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,916 | 66 | #929 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,040 | 61 | #991 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,480 | 58 | #1,010 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,062 | 59 | #1,004 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,489 | 92 | #777 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,972 | 65 | #937 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,515 | 89 | #784 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,406 | 90 | #765 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,323 | 73 | #852 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,647 | 82 | #788 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,583 | 62 | #896 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,747 | 62 | #891 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,699 | 60 | #884 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,740 | 72 | #808 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,929 | 60 | #878 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,921 | 57 | #922 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,756 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,940 | 40 | #1,005 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,417 | 39 | #1,056 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,856 | 28 | #1,313 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,216 | 37 | #1,122 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,284 | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 21 | #1,478 | |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,815 | 22 | #1,427 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,491 | 31 | #1,175 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,010 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,889 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,216 | 25 | #1,361 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,439 | 21 | #1,513 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,286 | 34 | #1,126 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,850 | 34 | #1,160 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,786 | 35 | #1,151 |
| 1930 | under 5 | 35 | #1,195 | |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,210 | 19 | #1,743 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,637 | 26 | #1,454 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,350 | 30 | #1,353 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,587 | 34 | #1,243 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,146 | 23 | #1,594 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,324 | 26 | #1,494 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,739 | 24 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,504 | 26 | #1,476 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,301 | 20 | #1,775 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,023 | 20 | #1,761 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,169 | 31 | #1,270 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,543 | 13 | #2,279 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,389 | 18 | #1,759 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,519 | 9 | #2,755 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,722 | 11 | #2,329 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,700 | 17 | #1,501 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,575 | 8 | #2,117 |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,086 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Carnell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,164 Americans recorded as Carnell, 11% are girls and 89% boys. In 2025 it went to 10 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Carnell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Carnell, and how old are they?
3,490 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 5,164 Americans ever recorded as Carnell. The median Carnell alive today is 49 years old; half are between 31 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 2,588 people named Carnell (212 women and girls, 2,376 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,725 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 154 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 964 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 822 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 718 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 599 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 226 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Carnell born?
The states with the most babies named Carnell are North Carolina, Illinois and South Carolina, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 208 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 205 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| South Carolina | 185 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| California | 110 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 88 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 77 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 67 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 63 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 59 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 57 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Carnell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Carnell is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Carnell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 5,544 babies since 1880, Carnell is the most given (93% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Carnell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Carnell and names like it
- Compare Carnell and CarnelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sCarnell peaked in 1955.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Carnell since 1910.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Carnell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Carnell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.