Boy · #1132 in 2025

Carl

Carl: popularity and trends since 1880

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Carl per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1915. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Carl has been falling: its share of boys born has shrunk over the last 10 years. It now stands at 1% of its 1915 peak.

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.