Carl

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Carl is the English spelling of the North Germanic male given name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a variant of the English Charles, and the Latin Carolus.

From Wikipedia

Carl first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1966 with 55 babies (rank #255 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Carl

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Carl yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

987
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
55
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195527#290
195629#294
195729#294
195836#273
195936#279
196037#284
196135#296
196239#289
196344#278
196433#325
196545#279
196655#255
196732#332
196837#307
196930#362
197023#415
197127#381
197225#390
197323#403
197421#422
197510#593
197614#506
197710#591
19787#693
197913#537
198011#607
198112#582
198211#613
19837#728
198412#597
198516#533
198612#613
198716#557
19889#708
19899#718
19909#741
199115#615
19927#798
19938#780
19948#796
19958#783
19968#799
19979#776
19984#1,039
19998#828
20005#980
20016#933
20026#924
20037#871
20047#857
20058#817
20068#801
20074#1,018
20084#1,032
20092#1,205
20102#1,178
20113#1,023
20123#1,044
20133#1,056
20143#998