How Many People Are Named Carrol?
people named Carrol are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 93,896 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,319 babies named Carrol in Social Security records from 1890 to 2002, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
352 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CARROLL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Carrol, 61.4% were girls and 38.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Carrol rose from 15.2% in the 1910s to 51.4% in the 1980s. It was highest in the 1960s, at 63.4%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carrol alive today is about 74 years old, and 86% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carrol first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1943, to 352 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2002.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2002
🏆 Rank History
Carrol has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #423, in 1934. Among girls, its best rank was #533, in 1943.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #423 (1934) | #533 (1943) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #435 in the 1930s | #612 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carrol alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carrol were born in Texas than in any other state: about 331 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carrol was given 4 times as often in Arkansas, 4 times in Oklahoma and 3.6 times in Louisiana.
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