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Karnell

Boy · kar-NEL · English

Karnell is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Karnell come from?

English: spelling of Carnell; English surname of uncertain origin

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kar-NEL

Meaning borrowed from Carnell.

Is Karnell a girl's or a boy's name?

Karnell is a boys' name.

How popular is Karnell in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.

Half of all the boys named Karnell in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1965Busiest: 10 in 19992018
Karnell in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20185#12,150
20170–
20166#10,739
20157#9,562
20146#10,711
201310#7,532
20120–
20117#9,593
20100–
20097#9,859
20087#9,864
20079#8,169
20067#9,579
20050–
20040–
20036#9,574
20026#9,385
20015#10,548
20000–
199910#6,036
19980–
19976#8,104
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19926#7,414
19910–
19905#8,108
19890–
19885#7,264
19870–
19867#5,327
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19817#4,959
19800–
19798#4,401
19788#4,155
19776#5,121
19760–
19750–
19746#4,632
19730–
19720–
19715#4,905
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19655#3,928

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