Karel

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Czech

Meaning

Karel is a masculine given name in Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Slovene and Swedish. It is a variant of the English and French name Charles, meaning 'free man'.

From Wikipedia

Karel 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 1955 with 286 babies (rank #69 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Karel

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

5,516
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
286
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
1955286#69
1956273#74
1957278#73
1958265#79
1959249#81
1960272#78
1961223#93
1962215#93
1963235#94
1964228#93
1965172#118
1966175#119
1967168#122
1968124#155
1969132#151
1970101#188
1971127#154
197293#185
197365#224
197474#203
197570#210
197662#226
197755#244
197862#227
197958#239
198067#230
198159#248
198267#226
198364#229
198434#355
198551#276
198666#239
198755#279
198858#266
198948#320
199056#291
199155#301
199248#332
199339#373
199439#379
199548#321
199640#385
199741#375
199836#397
199934#421
200030#457
200141#382
200234#415
200324#499
200444#351
200530#427
200630#415
200725#462
200834#376
200932#380
201021#483
201130#381
201223#430
201327#378
201424#409