Carrol is an established variant of Carl that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Carrol is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2002. Carrol first appears in 1890 and peaked in 1930 (191 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #15,877 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,531 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #13,487 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #7,382 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #9,831 | #5,709 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #10,563 | #7,443 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | — | #6,207 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #8,471 | — |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #7,406 | #4,565 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | #9,389 | #3,999 |
| 1981 | 21 | — | #5,005 | #5,020 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #9,248 | #5,008 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #8,159 | #5,455 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #6,014 | #4,206 |
| 1977 | 21 | — | #5,252 | #3,881 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #5,643 | #2,621 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #6,030 | #2,775 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | #4,059 | #2,564 |
| 1973 | 24 | — | #3,499 | #4,577 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | #3,737 | #3,670 |
| 1971 | 39 | — | #2,967 | #2,378 |
| 1970 | 38 | — | #2,785 | #2,640 |
| 1969 | 50 | — | #2,527 | #1,738 |
| 1968 | 45 | — | #2,436 | #1,847 |
| 1967 | 46 | — | #2,171 | #1,983 |
| 1966 | 35 | — | #2,680 | #2,143 |
| 1965 | 63 | — | #1,891 | #1,519 |
| 1964 | 49 | — | #1,980 | #2,323 |
| 1963 | 65 | — | #1,817 | #1,632 |
| 1962 | 71 | — | #1,527 | #1,978 |
| 1961 | 72 | — | #1,628 | #1,644 |
| 1960 | 73 | — | #1,765 | #1,405 |
| 1959 | 83 | — | #1,479 | #1,443 |
| 1958 | 105 | — | #1,233 | #1,401 |
| 1957 | 91 | — | #1,398 | #1,348 |
| 1956 | 89 | — | #1,366 | #1,389 |
| 1955 | 91 | — | #1,310 | #1,341 |
| 1954 | 115 | — | #1,198 | #1,113 |
| 1953 | 118 | — | #1,226 | #960 |
| 1952 | 136 | — | #1,100 | #885 |
| 1951 | 146 | — | #1,028 | #874 |
| 1950 | 180 | — | #988 | #705 |
| 1949 | 175 | — | #881 | #793 |
| 1948 | 225 | — | #715 | #717 |
| 1947 | 291 | — | #639 | #614 |
| 1946 | 261 | — | #602 | #685 |
| 1945 | 281 | — | #559 | #581 |
| 1944 | 279 | — | #558 | #589 |
| 1943 | 352 | — | #533 | #505 |
| 1942 | 267 | — | #635 | #544 |
| 1941 | 305 | — | #592 | #462 |
| 1940 | 324 | — | #558 | #443 |
| 1939 | 305 | — | #584 | #430 |
| 1938 | 310 | — | #580 | #440 |
| 1937 | 290 | — | #583 | #446 |
| 1936 | 266 | — | #679 | #429 |
| 1935 | 256 | — | #721 | #432 |
| 1934 | 266 | — | #700 | #423 |
| 1933 | 232 | — | #815 | #429 |
| 1932 | 228 | — | #831 | #445 |
| 1931 | 234 | — | #888 | #431 |
| 1930 | 237 | — | #1,087 | #426 |
| 1929 | 248 | — | #897 | #436 |
| 1928 | 195 | — | #1,294 | #481 |
| 1927 | 198 | — | #1,163 | #489 |
| 1926 | 160 | — | #1,266 | #552 |
| 1925 | 187 | — | #1,301 | #495 |
| 1924 | 191 | — | #1,190 | #519 |
| 1923 | 168 | — | #1,214 | #546 |
| 1922 | 168 | — | #1,738 | #513 |
| 1921 | 162 | — | #2,057 | #519 |
| 1920 | 165 | — | #1,444 | #527 |
| 1919 | 142 | — | #1,655 | #551 |
| 1918 | 134 | — | #1,814 | #572 |
| 1917 | 125 | — | #2,116 | #564 |
| 1916 | 129 | — | #2,270 | #534 |
| 1915 | 107 | — | #2,724 | #578 |
| 1914 | 82 | — | #1,914 | #606 |
| 1913 | 53 | — | #3,258 | #642 |
| 1912 | 46 | — | #1,866 | #716 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | #2,237 | #1,408 |
| 1910 | 24 | — | #1,436 | #877 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | #1,997 | #850 |
| 1908 | 15 | — | — | #690 |
| 1907 | 18 | — | #2,121 | #743 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #680 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | — | #855 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #805 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #970 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #909 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #976 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,027 |