Karl
#314 most common boys' name of all time · #691 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#314
Rank overall
#691 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
101,751
Since 2016
1,250
Peak year
1960 #135
Best rank
#135 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 2,614/yr
Karl is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,586 |
| 2024 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,689 |
| 2023 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,425 |
| 2021 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2020 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,569 |
| 2019 | — | 145 | 145 | #1,283 |
| 2018 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,282 |
| 2017 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,288 |
| 2016 | — | 167 | 167 | #1,149 |
| 2015 | — | 184 | 184 | #1,075 |
| 2014 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,147 |
| 2013 | — | 169 | 169 | #1,096 |
| 2012 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,135 |
| 2011 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,078 |
| 2010 | — | 177 | 177 | #1,086 |
| 2009 | — | 207 | 207 | #966 |
| 2008 | — | 188 | 188 | #1,020 |
| 2007 | — | 242 | 242 | #859 |
| 2006 | — | 270 | 270 | #769 |
| 2005 | — | 265 | 265 | #752 |
| 2004 | — | 281 | 281 | #695 |
| 2003 | — | 300 | 300 | #659 |
| 2002 | — | 330 | 330 | #608 |
| 2001 | — | 351 | 351 | #580 |
| 2000 | — | 366 | 366 | #564 |
| 1999 | — | 390 | 390 | #534 |
| 1998 | — | 455 | 455 | #481 |
| 1997 | — | 483 | 483 | #459 |
| 1996 | — | 504 | 504 | #447 |
| 1995 | — | 598 | 598 | #392 |
| 1994 | — | 612 | 612 | #381 |
| 1993 | 9 | 662 | 671 | #357 |
| 1992 | — | 738 | 738 | #336 |
| 1991 | 6 | 811 | 817 | #317 |
| 1990 | 6 | 858 | 864 | #295 |
| 1989 | 14 | 908 | 922 | #273 |
| 1988 | 23 | 843 | 866 | #274 |
| 1987 | 23 | 853 | 876 | #260 |
| 1986 | 29 | 904 | 933 | #248 |
| 1985 | 31 | 961 | 992 | #242 |
| 1984 | 24 | 896 | 920 | #244 |
| 1983 | 29 | 911 | 940 | #242 |
| 1982 | 27 | 973 | 1,000 | #240 |
| 1981 | 27 | 1,062 | 1,089 | #226 |
| 1980 | 24 | 1,060 | 1,084 | #225 |
| 1979 | 21 | 956 | 977 | #234 |
| 1978 | 22 | 900 | 922 | #232 |
| 1977 | 25 | 941 | 966 | #230 |
| 1976 | 26 | 868 | 894 | #234 |
| 1975 | 25 | 904 | 929 | #226 |
| 1974 | 26 | 1,004 | 1,030 | #214 |
| 1973 | 32 | 985 | 1,017 | #221 |
| 1972 | 26 | 1,167 | 1,193 | #199 |
| 1971 | 23 | 1,323 | 1,346 | #192 |
| 1970 | 23 | 1,575 | 1,598 | #177 |
| 1969 | 37 | 1,565 | 1,602 | #180 |
| 1968 | 22 | 1,598 | 1,620 | #168 |
| 1967 | 29 | 1,695 | 1,724 | #159 |
| 1966 | 19 | 1,792 | 1,811 | #158 |
| 1965 | 19 | 2,019 | 2,038 | #154 |
| 1964 | 18 | 2,403 | 2,421 | #135 |
| 1963 | 23 | 2,513 | 2,536 | #136 |
| 1962 | 21 | 2,457 | 2,478 | #142 |
| 1961 | 17 | 2,543 | 2,560 | #138 |
| 1960 | 20 | 2,594 | 2,614 | #135 |
| 1959 | 19 | 2,354 | 2,373 | #148 |
| 1958 | 14 | 2,348 | 2,362 | #146 |
| 1957 | 6 | 2,338 | 2,344 | #146 |
| 1956 | 14 | 2,060 | 2,074 | #150 |
| 1955 | 7 | 1,935 | 1,942 | #149 |
| 1954 | — | 1,736 | 1,736 | #166 |
| 1953 | — | 1,653 | 1,653 | #163 |
| 1952 | — | 1,564 | 1,564 | #170 |
| 1951 | 7 | 1,439 | 1,446 | #176 |
| 1950 | — | 1,304 | 1,304 | #172 |
| 1949 | — | 1,321 | 1,321 | #172 |
| 1948 | — | 1,187 | 1,187 | #179 |
| 1947 | 6 | 1,119 | 1,125 | #184 |
| 1946 | — | 998 | 998 | #185 |
| 1945 | — | 758 | 758 | #197 |
| 1944 | — | 837 | 837 | #186 |
| 1943 | 5 | 907 | 912 | #182 |
| 1942 | 5 | 878 | 883 | #179 |
| 1941 | — | 864 | 864 | #178 |
| 1940 | — | 855 | 855 | #174 |
| 1939 | — | 866 | 866 | #171 |
| 1938 | — | 985 | 985 | #162 |
| 1937 | — | 907 | 907 | #162 |
| 1936 | 5 | 830 | 835 | #166 |
| 1935 | — | 812 | 812 | #171 |
| 1934 | 6 | 689 | 695 | #186 |
| 1933 | 5 | 681 | 686 | #181 |
| 1932 | — | 670 | 670 | #193 |
| 1931 | 7 | 635 | 642 | #204 |
| 1930 | 7 | 648 | 655 | #206 |
| 1929 | 7 | 637 | 644 | #207 |
| 1928 | 8 | 599 | 607 | #220 |
| 1927 | 8 | 630 | 638 | #211 |
| 1926 | — | 595 | 595 | #226 |
| 1925 | 7 | 589 | 596 | #225 |
| 1924 | 5 | 584 | 589 | #233 |
| 1923 | — | 565 | 565 | #235 |
| 1922 | — | 527 | 527 | #246 |
| 1921 | — | 573 | 573 | #233 |
| 1920 | — | 502 | 502 | #245 |
| 1919 | 7 | 515 | 522 | #234 |
| 1918 | — | 600 | 600 | #209 |
| 1917 | — | 673 | 673 | #181 |
| 1916 | 8 | 685 | 693 | #176 |
| 1915 | 6 | 715 | 721 | #161 |
| 1914 | — | 548 | 548 | #161 |
| 1913 | — | 387 | 387 | #177 |
| 1912 | — | 323 | 323 | #182 |
| 1911 | — | 156 | 156 | #195 |
| 1910 | — | 92 | 92 | #252 |
| 1909 | — | 102 | 102 | #210 |
| 1908 | — | 97 | 97 | #211 |
| 1907 | — | 89 | 89 | #214 |
| 1906 | — | 108 | 108 | #169 |
| 1905 | — | 65 | 65 | #242 |
| 1904 | — | 67 | 67 | #232 |
| 1903 | — | 70 | 70 | #214 |
| 1902 | — | 65 | 65 | #223 |
| 1901 | — | 54 | 54 | #236 |
| 1900 | — | 75 | 75 | #233 |
| 1899 | — | 49 | 49 | #239 |
| 1898 | — | 53 | 53 | #243 |
| 1897 | — | 57 | 57 | #233 |
| 1896 | — | 60 | 60 | #234 |
| 1895 | — | 67 | 67 | #211 |
| 1894 | — | 73 | 73 | #201 |
| 1893 | — | 63 | 63 | #218 |
| 1892 | — | 59 | 59 | #231 |
| 1891 | — | 61 | 61 | #203 |
| 1890 | — | 47 | 47 | #249 |
| 1889 | — | 50 | 50 | #230 |
| 1888 | — | 71 | 71 | #208 |
| 1887 | — | 49 | 49 | #226 |
| 1886 | — | 48 | 48 | #250 |
| 1885 | — | 44 | 44 | #250 |
| 1884 | — | 34 | 34 | #300 |
| 1883 | — | 33 | 33 | #288 |
| 1882 | — | 40 | 40 | #272 |
| 1881 | — | 29 | 29 | #306 |
| 1880 | — | 21 | 21 | #377 |