Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Carl” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carl” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Carl” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Carl” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Carl” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Carl” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Carl” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carl” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 372 0.0018463 372 -100%
1881 359 0.001863115 359 -100%
1882 478 0.002157692 478 -100%
1883 480 0.002212532 480 -100%
1884 521 0.002139973 521 -100%
1885 499 0.002071795 5 494 -98%
1886 562 0.002201194 6 556 -98%
1887 595 0.00240509 7 588 -98%
1888 685 0.002287344 10 675 -97%
1889 710 0.002457207 6 704 -98%
1890 701 0.002325805 8 693 -98%
1891 685 0.002389482 10 675 -97%
1892 818 0.002446363 10 808 -98%
1893 793 0.002438327 7 786 -98%
1894 871 0.002571673 10 861 -98%
1895 865 0.002464247 14 851 -97%
1896 857 0.00239731 5 852 -99%
1897 840 0.002421049 12 828 -97%
1898 927 0.002430169 8 919 -98%
1899 781 0.002302246 7 774 -98%
1900 1026 0.002278693 10 1016 -98%
1901 826 0.002388581 9 817 -98%
1902 961 0.002484919 9 952 -98%
1903 916 0.002402938 6 910 -99%
1904 960 0.002379271 7 953 -99%
1905 970 0.002288157 11 959 -98%
1906 957 0.002233628 6 951 -99%
1907 1027 0.002206751 9 1018 -98%
1908 1083 0.002216315 9 1074 -98%
1909 1225 0.00239621 10 1215 -98%
1910 1351 0.002287074 12 1339 -98%
1911 1587 0.002463222 13 1574 -98%
1912 3243 0.003282183 19 3224 -99%
1913 3960 0.003482513 25 3935 -99%
1914 4840 0.003417249 33 4807 -99%
1915 6643 0.003625249 30 6613 -99%
1916 6825 0.003528195 39 6786 -99%
1917 6745 0.003361156 46 6699 -99%
1918 7054 0.003249028 51 7003 -99%
1919 6519 0.003089215 45 6474 -99%
1920 7055 0.003118035 45 7010 -99%
1921 7119 0.003049469 42 7077 -99%
1922 6738 0.002943443 48 6690 -99%
1923 6920 0.003005454 49 6871 -99%
1924 7131 0.002994193 46 7085 -99%
1925 7111 0.003047612 50 7061 -99%
1926 6986 0.003042809 47 6939 -99%
1927 7334 0.003162082 57 7277 -98%
1928 7007 0.003099156 61 6946 -98%
1929 6945 0.003168107 50 6895 -99%
1930 7010 0.003152988 58 6952 -98%
1931 6636 0.003153411 54 6582 -98%
1932 6760 0.003201833 46 6714 -99%
1933 6222 0.00311186 35 6187 -99%
1934 6721 0.003236204 38 6683 -99%
1935 6719 0.003214986 26 6693 -99%
1936 6632 0.003192179 41 6591 -99%
1937 6950 0.003261885 36 6914 -99%
1938 6880 0.003109501 32 6848 -99%
1939 6638 0.003012559 45 6593 -99%
1940 6783 0.002945692 31 6752 -99%
1941 7192 0.002951866 31 7161 -99%
1942 7299 0.002671847 32 7267 -99%
1943 7513 0.002661769 40 7473 -99%
1944 6854 0.002547881 30 6824 -99%
1945 6340 0.002389828 26 6314 -99%
1946 7405 0.002317461 25 7380 -99%
1947 8083 0.002243831 32 8051 -99%
1948 7862 0.002277178 34 7828 -99%
1949 7724 0.002216498 35 7689 -99%
1950 7316 0.002088282 28 7288 -99%
1951 7678 0.002084295 38 7640 -99%
1952 7844 0.002065295 19 7825 -100%
1953 7853 0.002037812 24 7829 -99%
1954 8165 0.002051143 29 8136 -99%
1955 8325 0.002073433 32 8293 -99%
1956 8346 0.002024236 32 8314 -99%
1957 8222 0.001956621 30 8192 -99%
1958 7776 0.001881031 43 7733 -99%
1959 7541 0.001813616 37 7504 -99%
1960 7860 0.001892236 54 7806 -99%
1961 7294 0.001760857 37 7257 -99%
1962 6885 0.001706162 34 6851 -99%
1963 7166 0.001810419 38 7128 -99%
1964 6699 0.001723169 38 6661 -99%
1965 5829 0.001607801 32 5797 -99%
1966 5271 0.001516549 44 5227 -98%
1967 4931 0.001452474 40 4891 -98%
1968 4684 0.00138645 39 4645 -98%
1969 4565 0.001313547 43 4522 -98%
1970 4452 0.001234433 51 4401 -98%
1971 4093 0.001192476 37 4056 -98%
1972 3442 0.001095134 36 3406 -98%
1973 3058 0.001013628 45 3013 -97%
1974 2930 0.000963816 35 2895 -98%
1975 2858 0.000946548 48 2810 -97%
1976 2702 0.000890485 32 2670 -98%
1977 2654 0.000835512 39 2615 -97%
1978 2647 0.000833998 41 2606 -97%
1979 2921 0.000877968 23 2898 -98%
1980 2970 0.000862243 35 2935 -98%
1981 2825 0.000816622 32 2793 -98%
1982 2847 0.000811582 45 2802 -97%
1983 2640 0.00076227 34 2606 -97%
1984 2592 0.000742958 25 2567 -98%
1985 2553 0.000715304 27 2526 -98%
1986 2480 0.000697201 35 2445 -97%
1987 2253 0.000624859 30 2223 -97%
1988 2347 0.000635175 30 2317 -97%
1989 2273 0.000591242 15 2258 -99%
1990 2197 0.000555854 6 2191 -99%
1991 1930 0.000495473 8 1922 -99%
1992 1793 0.000466772 11 1782 -99%
1993 1592 0.00042225 7 1585 -99%
1994 1421 0.00038223 6 1415 -99%
1995 1380 0.000376827 1380 -100%
1996 1184 0.000324633 1184 -100%
1997 1093 0.000301455 1093 -100%
1998 1147 0.000311837 1147 -100%
1999 996 0.000269636 996 -100%
2000 988 0.000261382 988 -100%
2001 882 0.000235615 882 -100%
2002 784 0.000209722 784 -100%
2003 775 0.000203823 775 -100%
2004 752 0.000196811 752 -100%
2005 652 0.000169578 652 -100%
2006 658 0.000166322 658 -100%
2007 628 0.000157091 628 -100%
2008 559 0.000142215 559 -100%
2009 519 0.000135858 519 -100%
2010 449 0.000121491 449 -100%
2011 426 0.000116464 426 -100%
2012 487 0.000133156 487 -100%
2013 446 0.000122337 446 -100%
2014 436 0.000117635 436 -100%
2015 457 0.000123483 457 -100%
2016 445 0.000121296 445 -100%
2017 415 0.000116045 415 -100%
2018 343 0.000097557 343 -100%
2019 319 0.000091906 319 -100%
2020 286 0.000085614 286 -100%
2021 245 0.000072315 245 -100%
2022 220 0.000065028 220 -100%
2023 233 0.000070367 233 -100%
2024 215 0.000064594 215 -100%

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