Carroll
Carroll was last recorded in 2023, when 8 babies were given it; 41,347 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,300 Americans named Carroll and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 61 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Carroll by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Carroll mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Carroll is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Also “a female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Carol.”
/ˈkæɹəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Carroll?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,052, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
1,033 babies in 1943, the peak
Carroll peaked in 1943, when 1,033 babies were given it (825 boys, #195 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | under 5 | 8 | #9,052 | |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,769 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 11 | #7,172 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 9 | #8,319 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 8 | #8,956 | |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,496 | 5 | #12,597 |
| 2016 | under 5 | 10 | #7,687 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 9 | #8,145 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 6 | #10,934 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 15 | #5,701 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | under 5 | 13 | #6,365 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 7 | #9,777 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 9 | #8,245 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 9 | #8,402 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 9 | #8,414 | |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,146 | 8 | #9,038 |
| 2006 | under 5 | 16 | #5,339 | |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,973 | 8 | #8,406 |
| 2004 | under 5 | 12 | #6,192 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 15 | #5,069 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 10 | #6,597 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 14 | #5,162 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 12 | #5,618 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 17 | #4,177 | |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,620 | 15 | #4,440 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,148 | 23 | #3,166 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,717 | 18 | #3,693 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,714 | 29 | #2,558 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,735 | 22 | #3,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,786 | 26 | #2,711 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,057 | 32 | #2,310 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,699 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,324 | 46 | #1,727 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,873 | 51 | #1,564 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,087 | 47 | #1,551 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,338 | 46 | #1,538 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,667 | 51 | #1,386 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,021 | 60 | #1,230 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,252 | 47 | #1,383 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,781 | 69 | #1,067 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,793 | 66 | #1,124 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,295 | 67 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,008 | 78 | #1,023 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,552 | 71 | #1,048 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,689 | 62 | #1,113 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,499 | 88 | #906 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,198 | 85 | #900 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,170 | 93 | #861 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,445 | 98 | #813 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,272 | 118 | #737 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,987 | 134 | #694 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,489 | 145 | #688 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,907 | 148 | #675 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,872 | 156 | #634 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,713 | 172 | #575 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,704 | 184 | #548 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,495 | 183 | #563 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,597 | 177 | #575 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,444 | 205 | #550 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,480 | 263 | #492 |
| 1962 | 62 | #1,407 | 233 | #517 |
| 1961 | 61 | #1,428 | 264 | #486 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,146 | 273 | #480 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,305 | 305 | #457 |
| 1958 | 83 | #1,163 | 284 | #465 |
| 1957 | 89 | #1,108 | 378 | #398 |
| 1956 | 96 | #1,043 | 392 | #376 |
| 1955 | 81 | #1,105 | 403 | #360 |
| 1954 | 94 | #1,011 | 428 | #345 |
| 1953 | 96 | #976 | 426 | #336 |
| 1952 | 99 | #929 | 486 | #321 |
| 1951 | 116 | #830 | 514 | #306 |
| 1950 | 131 | #754 | 554 | #285 |
| 1949 | 148 | #691 | 623 | #260 |
| 1948 | 177 | #621 | 606 | #269 |
| 1947 | 160 | #663 | 670 | #255 |
| 1946 | 172 | #603 | 683 | #229 |
| 1945 | 163 | #573 | 647 | #213 |
| 1944 | 176 | #544 | 706 | #208 |
| 1943 | 208 | #517 | 825 | #195 |
| 1942 | 191 | #536 | 788 | #200 |
| 1941 | 163 | #549 | 783 | #188 |
| 1940 | 156 | #550 | 755 | #190 |
| 1939 | 133 | #581 | 788 | #179 |
| 1938 | 157 | #544 | 827 | #175 |
| 1937 | 144 | #565 | 779 | #178 |
| 1936 | 138 | #555 | 789 | #172 |
| 1935 | 119 | #597 | 810 | #172 |
| 1934 | 102 | #665 | 874 | #164 |
| 1933 | 103 | #646 | 773 | #174 |
| 1932 | 90 | #715 | 816 | #173 |
| 1931 | 80 | #749 | 750 | #179 |
| 1930 | 88 | #745 | 757 | #181 |
| 1929 | 72 | #835 | 707 | #192 |
| 1928 | 66 | #905 | 655 | #208 |
| 1927 | 68 | #905 | 694 | #202 |
| 1926 | 76 | #845 | 738 | #193 |
| 1925 | 55 | #1,009 | 731 | #189 |
| 1924 | 58 | #999 | 669 | #207 |
| 1923 | 64 | #915 | 700 | #196 |
| 1922 | 54 | #1,022 | 589 | #228 |
| 1921 | 50 | #1,074 | 669 | #204 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,210 | 607 | #212 |
| 1919 | 61 | #902 | 530 | #228 |
| 1918 | 63 | #902 | 521 | #231 |
| 1917 | 52 | #964 | 563 | #202 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,172 | 541 | #205 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,198 | 527 | #207 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,062 | 382 | #211 |
| 1913 | 29 | #1,008 | 264 | #230 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,189 | 256 | #213 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,252 | 113 | #240 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,437 | 89 | #258 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,060 | 87 | #235 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,095 | 77 | #243 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,865 | 72 | #244 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 62 | #250 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 72 | #228 | |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,009 | 70 | #223 |
| 1903 | under 5 | 60 | #233 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 52 | #256 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 46 | #254 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 69 | #244 | |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,639 | 60 | #216 |
| 1898 | under 5 | 51 | #246 | |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,282 | 58 | #225 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,620 | 50 | #256 |
| 1895 | under 5 | 61 | #223 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 46 | #257 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 50 | #246 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 48 | #258 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 29 | #312 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 41 | #270 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 33 | #294 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 37 | #289 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 34 | #277 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 25 | #338 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 26 | #333 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 24 | #362 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 31 | #294 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 32 | #308 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 22 | #349 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 26 | #336 |
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 Carroll a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 41,347 Americans recorded as Carroll, 14% are girls and 86% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Carroll: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Carroll, and how old are they?
13,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 41,347 Americans ever recorded as Carroll. The median Carroll alive today is 73 years old; half are between 61 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 16,718 people named Carroll (3,741 women and girls, 12,977 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,104 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,480 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 864 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 224 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 91 |
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 Carroll born?
The states with the most babies named Carroll are Texas, Virginia and Maryland, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Virginia and Maryland are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,040 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 2,489 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Maryland | 2,269 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| North Carolina | 1,975 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Louisiana | 1,563 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 1,367 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| South Carolina | 1,339 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Iowa | 1,262 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 1,199 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Ohio | 1,138 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Carroll is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Carroll is most over-represented in Maryland: since 1910 it was given 3.8 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 Carroll 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 52,563 babies since 1880, Carroll is the most given (79% 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 Carroll
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 Carroll and names like it
- Compare Carroll and CarrolBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sCarroll peaked in 1943.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Carroll since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Carroll: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1943The year the most babies were named Carroll.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Carroll alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.