Carville — boys' name
10 babies named Carville in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Carville was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Carville in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carville
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Carville between 1940 and 1953, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carville currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carville performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Carville shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Carville in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carville 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 10 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.
Carville at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carville popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1940
- Peak year (1940)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
10 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 5 births in a single year.
Carville by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Carville's all-time total
Carville decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Carville's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Carville by state
Where Carville concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 5 | 50.0% |
5 of 10 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 50.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 50.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1940–1953 (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.