Carrel is a rare variant of Carl that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Carrel is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1960. Carrel first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1924 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,714 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,064 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | — | #3,898 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,558 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,063 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | — | #3,043 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,222 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,031 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | — | #2,331 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #4,259 | #2,426 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,741 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,686 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | — | #2,506 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,640 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | — | #1,996 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | — | #1,921 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | — | #1,970 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | — | #2,146 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 14 | — | — | #1,919 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | — | #2,341 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | — | #2,225 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,648 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | — | #2,333 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | — | #2,689 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | — | #2,942 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,168 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #5,086 | #3,806 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | — | #2,058 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | — | #2,245 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | — | #2,835 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | — | #2,397 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | — | #2,354 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | — | #2,166 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | — | #2,721 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | — | #2,576 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,406 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,136 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #1,992 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #2,890 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,606 |