Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carrel

#8,195 most common boys' name of all time · #20,661 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1912–1960

Rank among boys
#8,195
Rank overall
#20,661 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
406
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #2,109
Best rank
#1,968 1937
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
192019401960

Carrel first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1960 — 6 6 #3,793
1959 — 5 5 #4,176
1954 — 5 5 #3,997
1953 — 10 10 #2,618
1949 — 7 7 #3,136
1948 — 7 7 #3,161
1946 — 6 6 #3,319
1945 — 6 6 #3,158
1944 — 10 10 #2,408
1943 6 10 16 #2,502
1942 — 8 8 #2,854
1941 — 8 8 #2,792
1940 — 9 9 #2,596
1939 — 8 8 #2,732
1938 — 13 13 #2,055
1937 — 14 14 #1,968
1936 — 13 13 #2,040
1935 — 12 12 #2,208
1934 — 11 11 #2,354
1933 — 14 14 #1,973
1932 — 11 11 #2,418
1931 — 12 12 #2,287
1930 — 6 6 #3,753
1929 — 12 12 #2,403
1928 — 10 10 #2,752
1927 — 9 9 #3,029
1926 — 8 8 #3,243
1925 5 6 11 #3,884
1924 — 16 16 #2,109
1923 — 14 14 #2,305
1922 — 10 10 #2,917
1921 — 13 13 #2,464
1920 — 13 13 #2,424
1919 — 14 14 #2,244
1918 — 10 10 #2,813
1917 — 10 10 #2,680
1916 — 11 11 #2,499
1915 — 7 7 #3,214
1914 — 11 11 #2,083
1913 — 5 5 #3,039
1912 — 5 5 #2,750