How Many People Are Named Caryl?
people named Caryl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 99,907 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,691 babies named Caryl in Social Security records from 1896 to 1996, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
200 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CAROL (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Caryl, 97.7% were girls and 2.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Caryl rose from 79.1% in the 1910s to 93.8% in the 1980s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Caryl alive today is about 71 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 79 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Caryl first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1947, to 200 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1996.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 1996
๐ Rank History
Caryl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #526, in 1935.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #526 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #629 in the 1940s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Caryl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Caryl were born in New York than in any other state: about 439 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Caryl was given 3.7 times as often in Illinois, 3 times in Wisconsin and 2.7 times in New York.
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