Given name & surname
Caroll
“a free man”
Caroll is a variant of Carl. In German use, Carl carries the interpretation “a free man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caroll is a variant of Carl. In German use, Carl carries the interpretation “a free man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caroll through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,078
- 776 boys · 1,302 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 86 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 37% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,684 as a first name in 2020; 552 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Caroll
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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