Meaning not yet researched.
Carnell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #766 in 1955.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #766 in 1955; #7,767 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Carnell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,767 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1955, at #766.
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Carnell: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #766 in 1955 · most boys in one year: 92 (1958).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Carnell, making it the 7,767th most common boys’ name of the year, up 3,410 places from #11,177 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 6 boys named Carnell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #766, reached in 1955. The most boys given the name in a single year was 92, in 1958. For comparison, it was #3,802 in 2015 and #885 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Carnell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,739, reached in 1923. That year also had the most girls given the name: 24. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #3,701 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carnell in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1897 with 5 babies. In all, 5,164 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 824 babies named Carnell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 136 US boys were named Carnell; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Carnel, Karnell and Carneal are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Carnel (208), Karnell (172), Carneal (10), Karnel (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Carnell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #7,767 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #11,177 |
| 2023 | — | — | 10 | #7,830 |
| 2022 | — | — | 12 | #6,897 |
| 2021 | — | — | 7 | #9,900 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,281 |
| 2019 | — | — | 21 | #4,664 |
| 2018 | — | — | 21 | #4,628 |
| 2017 | — | — | 12 | #6,756 |
| 2016 | — | — | 20 | #4,804 |
| 2015 | — | — | 28 | #3,802 |
| 2014 | — | — | 33 | #3,313 |
| 2013 | — | — | 31 | #3,421 |
| 2012 | — | — | 39 | #2,963 |
| 2011 | — | — | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2010 | — | — | 39 | #2,966 |
| 2009 | — | — | 43 | #2,808 |
| 2008 | — | — | 57 | #2,298 |
| 2007 | — | — | 57 | #2,284 |
| 2006 | — | — | 39 | #2,889 |
| 2005 | — | — | 58 | #2,116 |
| 2004 | — | — | 29 | #3,293 |
| 2003 | — | — | 33 | #2,934 |
| 2002 | — | — | 26 | #3,365 |
| 2001 | — | — | 29 | #3,074 |
| 2000 | — | — | 25 | #3,317 |
| 1999 | — | — | 30 | #2,805 |
| 1998 | — | — | 35 | #2,460 |
| 1997 | — | — | 36 | #2,317 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,385 |
| 1995 | — | — | 31 | #2,452 |
| 1994 | — | — | 43 | #1,931 |
| 1993 | — | — | 40 | #2,013 |
| 1992 | — | — | 36 | #2,133 |
| 1991 | — | — | 51 | #1,633 |
| 1990 | — | — | 65 | #1,383 |
| 1989 | — | — | 42 | #1,800 |
| 1988 | — | — | 50 | #1,504 |
| 1987 | — | — | 50 | #1,440 |
| 1986 | — | — | 52 | #1,366 |
| 1985 | — | — | 49 | #1,391 |
| 1984 | — | — | 52 | #1,282 |
| 1983 | — | — | 45 | #1,402 |
| 1982 | — | — | 55 | #1,256 |
| 1981 | — | — | 63 | #1,156 |
| 1980 | — | — | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | — | — | 53 | #1,261 |
| 1978 | — | — | 65 | #1,081 |
| 1977 | — | — | 56 | #1,178 |
| 1976 | — | — | 40 | #1,413 |
| 1975 | — | — | 84 | #902 |
| 1974 | — | — | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | — | — | 57 | #1,075 |
| 1972 | — | — | 60 | #1,040 |
| 1971 | — | — | 62 | #1,035 |
| 1970 | — | — | 62 | #1,033 |
| 1969 | — | — | 62 | #974 |
| 1968 | — | — | 60 | #941 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,035 | 46 | #1,089 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,334 | 54 | #992 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,349 | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1964 | — | — | 62 | #968 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,966 | 59 | #988 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,917 | 66 | #930 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,041 | 61 | #992 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,481 | 58 | #1,011 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,063 | 59 | #1,005 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,490 | 92 | #778 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,973 | 65 | #938 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,516 | 89 | #785 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,407 | 90 | #766 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,325 | 73 | #853 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,648 | 82 | #789 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,584 | 62 | #897 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,748 | 62 | #892 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,701 | 60 | #885 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,741 | 72 | #809 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,931 | 60 | #879 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,922 | 57 | #923 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,757 | 38 | #1,130 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,941 | 40 | #1,006 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,419 | 39 | #1,056 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,857 | 28 | #1,314 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,218 | 37 | #1,122 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,286 | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1940 | — | — | 21 | #1,478 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,817 | 22 | #1,427 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,493 | 31 | #1,175 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,010 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,891 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,217 | 25 | #1,361 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,440 | 21 | #1,513 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,287 | 34 | #1,126 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,852 | 34 | #1,160 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,788 | 35 | #1,151 |
| 1930 | — | — | 35 | #1,195 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,211 | 19 | #1,743 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,638 | 26 | #1,454 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,351 | 30 | #1,353 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,588 | 34 | #1,243 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,147 | 23 | #1,594 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,325 | 26 | #1,494 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,739 | 24 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,504 | 26 | #1,476 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,301 | 20 | #1,775 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,023 | 20 | #1,761 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,169 | 31 | #1,270 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,544 | 13 | #2,280 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,391 | 18 | #1,760 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,520 | 9 | #2,756 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,723 | 11 | #2,330 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,702 | 17 | #1,502 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,577 | 8 | #2,118 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,087 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).