Karl

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,585in 2025
  • 1 in 15,963boys in 2025
  • −35%last ten years

Most popular in 1963. Quieter now: down 35% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06191,23718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Karl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880190
1881288
1882352
1883315
1884297
1885408
1886433
1887483
1888587
1889452
1890423
1891603
1892483
1893561
1894631
1895571
1896502
1897506
1898432
1899461
1900498
1901507
1902530
1903587
1904523
1905491
1906811
1907606
1908628
1909622
1910474
1911690
1912751
1913755
1914837
1915843
1916770
1917727
1918592
1919525
1920472
1921520
1922484
1923515
1924516
1925528
1926536
1927559
1928541
1929592
1930590
1931611
1932642
1933687
1934667
1935780
1936800
1937850
1938888
1939782
1940738
1941703
1942636
1943635
1944614
1945563
1946615
1947612
1948677
1949745
1950728
1951764
1952805
1953838
1954852
1955939
1956974
19571,084
19581,106
19591,103
19601,217
19611,197
19621,188
19631,237
19641,206
19651,085
19661,005
1967972
1968919
1969875
1970848
1971748
1972720
1973632
1974639
1975579
1976553
1977573
1978548
1979555
1980594
1981593
1982536
1983508
1984496
1985520
1986491
1987457
1988440
1989454
1990418
1991401
1992369
1993338
1994317
1995314
1996266
1997256
1998238
1999203
2000186
2001181
2002170
2003152
2004142
2005133
2006131
2007117
200892
2009104
201092
201191
201285
201389
201486
201596
201688
201776
201879
201981
202060
202166
202273
202359
202457
202563

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Karl isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
107
Rank in 2025
#1,585
How rare
1 in 15,963 boys
Since 1880
100,836

Most popular in 1963, at 1,237 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 35% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.