Karel**
#4,771 most common girls' name of all time · #8,095 across all names · 33% male / 67% female · used 1916–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#4,771
Rank overall
#8,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
1,814
Since 2016
88
Peak year
1939 #846
Best rank
#846 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 76/yr
Karel first appears in 1916. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2023 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 2022 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2009 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #11,559 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,057 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 2005 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #12,882 |
| 2003 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #15,964 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #12,200 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #15,222 |
| 1999 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #11,503 |
| 1998 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #9,365 |
| 1997 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #12,228 |
| 1996 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,690 |
| 1995 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #7,601 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1992 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #8,144 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #10,338 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #9,830 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1986 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,726 |
| 1985 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #8,480 |
| 1984 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #7,515 |
| 1983 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #8,190 |
| 1982 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,425 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #9,987 |
| 1977 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #6,440 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,299 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,845 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,524 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1970 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #5,150 |
| 1969 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #4,507 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,075 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,408 |
| 1966 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #3,318 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,777 |
| 1964 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #2,956 |
| 1963 | 26 | 5 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1962 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #2,574 |
| 1961 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #2,094 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,345 |
| 1959 | 35 | 6 | 41 | #1,902 |
| 1958 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #2,006 |
| 1957 | 25 | 7 | 32 | #2,251 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,577 |
| 1955 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #2,317 |
| 1954 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #1,633 |
| 1953 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,351 |
| 1952 | 35 | 6 | 41 | #1,663 |
| 1951 | 35 | 8 | 43 | #1,632 |
| 1950 | 36 | 5 | 41 | #1,567 |
| 1949 | 35 | 9 | 44 | #1,588 |
| 1948 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #1,662 |
| 1947 | 51 | 6 | 57 | #1,286 |
| 1946 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,573 |
| 1945 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,446 |
| 1944 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,377 |
| 1943 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #1,550 |
| 1942 | 31 | 8 | 39 | #1,492 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,350 |
| 1940 | 50 | 5 | 55 | #1,021 |
| 1939 | 69 | 7 | 76 | #846 |
| 1938 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,742 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,180 |
| 1936 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #2,491 |
| 1935 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,034 |
| 1934 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,699 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,833 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,813 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | — |