Carrell — boys' name
427 babies named Carrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Carrell was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Carrell in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 427 babies named Carrell between 1915 and 2006, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Carrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 1936.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carrell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Carrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Carrell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carrell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 427 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Carrell at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carrell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1915
- Peak year (1937)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
427 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 22 births in a single year.
Carrell popularity over time — girls
64 total births recorded since 1936 (Carrell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Carrell accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 127 births that decade — 30% of Carrell's all-time total
Carrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 127 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Carrell's strongest decade
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Carrell by state
Where Carrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.5% of nationwide
- Arkansas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.