# Carroll (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carroll/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæɹəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 41,347 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35,431 / 5,916 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 12,094 |
| 1989 | 8 | 8,879 |
| 1990 | 17 | 5,329 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,706 |
| 1992 | 15 | 6,063 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,792 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,741 |
| 1995 | 8 | 9,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | 9,722 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,153 |
| 1998 | 12 | 7,626 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16,980 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,152 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,501 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,774 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 9,044 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,419 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,407 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,784 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,371 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,705 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,940 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,150 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,692 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,603 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,962 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,324 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,177 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,057 |

## People named Carroll

- Carroll Baker, American actress (born 1931)
- Carroll O'Connor, American actor (1924–2001)
- Carroll Shelby, American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur (1923-2012)
- Carroll Quigley, American historian (1910–1977)
- Carroll Nye, actor (1901-1974)
- James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (1852-1917)
- Carroll Ballard, American film director (born 1937)
- Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., American politician (1940–2005)
- Carroll Borland, American actress (1914-1994)
- Carroll S. Page, American politician (1843–1925)
- Carroll Clark, American art director (1894-1968)
- Carroll John Daly, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.