first name
CARROLL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,718 people named Carroll, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 10.2% as Black and 2.3% as two or more races. 77.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carroll peaked in 1943, when 1,033 babies got the name.
At least 41,347 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Carroll by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #363. The largest share of babies named Carroll, 39.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carroll is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carroll has been most common in Maine (6.9×), Maryland (4.5×), and Vermont (4.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.12×).
33,285 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carroll
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carroll, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carroll ranks #226 of 156,621, with 129,163 people. See Carroll as a last name
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