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Carroll

Boy · Irish surname

Carroll

Say it: KAIR-ul

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Meaning

From an Irish surname, from Cearbhall, of uncertain meaning; sometimes linked to Charles.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Used for boys in the US around 1900 to 1940.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1930s

In the United States

05010018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1943Boys 1934per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 41,321 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1934, about 1 in 1,200 boys
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

AmericanIrish

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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