Carel**
#11,080 most common boys' name of all time · #28,230 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1915–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,080
Rank overall
#28,230 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
226
Since 2016
21
Peak year
1940 #3,733
Best rank
#2,703 1934
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Carel first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,084 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,848 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,982 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,799 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,162 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,281 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,786 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,025 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1944 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,839 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1940 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,733 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,776 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,804 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,865 |
| 1934 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,703 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,635 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,485 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,277 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,584 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,044 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,118 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,590 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,118 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,995 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,826 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,763 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,693 |