Karell — boys' name
109 babies named Karell in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Karell was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Karell in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karell
The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Karell between 1988 and 2020, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karell 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 109 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.
Karell at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1988
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
109 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 10 births in a single year.
Karell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 61 births that decade — 56% of Karell's all-time total
Karell decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Karell's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–2020 (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.