Karrol — unisex name
52 babies named Karrol in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
52 girls have been named Karrol since 1939, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1960.
- 52
- total births
- 1939–1960
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Karrol was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Karrol in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karrol
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Karrol between 1939 and 1960, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karrol currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Karrol is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 1939.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karrol performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karrol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karrol 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 52 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.
Karrol at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karrol popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1939
- Peak year (1940)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
52 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 7 births in a single year.
Karrol popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 1939 (Karrol as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Karrol accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Karrol by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 30 births that decade — 58% of Karrol's all-time total
Karrol decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Karrol's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1939–1960 (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.