Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Carl

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carl
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

8,314

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

215

All-time

504,635

Carl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 8,314 boys were named Carl.

In 2024, only 215 boys were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 504,635 Americans have been named Carl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

In 1956:8,314 boys named Carl

In 2024:215 boys named Carl

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