Carvel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carvel

The Social Security Administration has registered 520 babies named Carvel between 1912 and 2004, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carvel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carvel performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Carvel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carvel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carvel 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 520 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.