Carroll
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KA-rol
- Origin
- Irish
Carroll is a name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Carroll mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from Ó Cearbhaill
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was the only Catholic to sign the US Declaration of Independence.
Is Carroll a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Carroll has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Carroll in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1934, with 874 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carroll in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 9% of the babies named Carroll in the US in 1896, and 28% in 1997.
Carroll in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 46 | #1,725 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,227 |
| 1984 | 47 | #1,381 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,067 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,124 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,022 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | 88 | #904 |
| 1976 | 85 | #897 |
| 1975 | 93 | #861 |
| 1974 | 98 | #813 |
| 1973 | 118 | #737 |
| 1972 | 134 | #692 |
| 1971 | 145 | #688 |
| 1970 | 148 | #672 |
| 1969 | 156 | #633 |
| 1968 | 172 | #575 |
| 1967 | 184 | #548 |
| 1966 | 183 | #563 |
| 1965 | 177 | #575 |
| 1964 | 205 | #550 |
| 1963 | 263 | #492 |
| 1962 | 233 | #517 |
| 1961 | 264 | #486 |
| 1960 | 273 | #480 |
| 1959 | 305 | #457 |
| 1958 | 284 | #465 |
| 1957 | 378 | #398 |
| 1956 | 392 | #376 |
| 1955 | 403 | #360 |
| 1954 | 428 | #345 |
| 1953 | 426 | #336 |
| 1952 | 486 | #321 |
| 1951 | 514 | #306 |
| 1950 | 554 | #285 |
| 1949 | 623 | #260 |
| 1948 | 606 | #269 |
| 1947 | 670 | #255 |
| 1946 | 683 | #229 |
| 1945 | 647 | #213 |
| 1944 | 706 | #208 |
| 1943 | 825 | #195 |
| 1942 | 788 | #200 |
| 1941 | 783 | #188 |
| 1940 | 755 | #190 |
| 1939 | 788 | #179 |
| 1938 | 827 | #175 |
| 1937 | 779 | #178 |
| 1936 | 789 | #172 |
| 1935 | 810 | #172 |
| 1934 | 874 | #164 |
| 1933 | 773 | #174 |
| 1932 | 816 | #173 |
| 1931 | 750 | #179 |
| 1930 | 757 | #181 |
| 1929 | 707 | #192 |
| 1928 | 655 | #208 |
| 1927 | 694 | #202 |
| 1926 | 738 | #193 |
| 1925 | 731 | #189 |
| 1924 | 669 | #207 |
| 1923 | 700 | #196 |
| 1922 | 589 | #228 |
| 1921 | 669 | #204 |
| 1920 | 607 | #212 |
| 1919 | 530 | #228 |
| 1918 | 521 | #231 |
| 1917 | 563 | #202 |
| 1916 | 541 | #205 |
| 1915 | 527 | #206 |
| 1914 | 382 | #211 |
| 1913 | 264 | #230 |
| 1912 | 256 | #213 |
| 1911 | 113 | #240 |
| 1910 | 89 | #256 |
| 1909 | 87 | #235 |
| 1908 | 77 | #242 |
| 1907 | 72 | #244 |
| 1906 | 62 | #250 |
| 1905 | 72 | #228 |
| 1904 | 70 | #223 |
| 1903 | 60 | #233 |
| 1902 | 52 | #256 |
| 1901 | 46 | #254 |
| 1900 | 69 | #244 |
| 1899 | 60 | #216 |
| 1898 | 51 | #245 |
| 1897 | 58 | #222 |
| 1896 | 50 | #255 |
| 1895 | 61 | #223 |
| 1894 | 46 | #256 |
| 1893 | 50 | #246 |
| 1892 | 48 | #257 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | 41 | #270 |
| 1889 | 33 | #294 |
| 1888 | 37 | #289 |
| 1887 | 34 | #276 |
| 1886 | 25 | #336 |
| 1885 | 26 | #332 |
| 1884 | 24 | #360 |
| 1883 | 31 | #294 |
| 1882 | 32 | #307 |
| 1881 | 22 | #348 |
| 1880 | 26 | #334 |
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carroll: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carroll, updated 20 October 2026.