Caryl is an uncommon variant of Carol that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Caryl is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1996. Caryl was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1947 (190 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | — | #12,097 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #10,758 | #8,995 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #8,850 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,445 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #8,881 | — |
| 1988 | 13 | — | #5,954 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | — | #5,978 | #5,568 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #6,672 | — |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,532 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,285 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #6,284 | — |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #6,962 | — |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #5,297 | — |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #5,275 | — |
| 1979 | 19 | — | #3,930 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | — | #4,098 | #5,926 |
| 1977 | 23 | — | #3,285 | — |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,256 | — |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #3,971 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #3,881 | — |
| 1973 | 18 | — | #3,500 | — |
| 1972 | 26 | — | #2,691 | — |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #3,524 | — |
| 1970 | 40 | — | #2,049 | — |
| 1969 | 36 | — | #2,107 | — |
| 1968 | 58 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1967 | 50 | — | #1,600 | — |
| 1966 | 62 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1965 | 69 | — | #1,305 | — |
| 1964 | 86 | — | #1,190 | — |
| 1963 | 93 | — | #1,135 | — |
| 1962 | 89 | — | #1,159 | — |
| 1961 | 106 | — | #1,091 | #4,154 |
| 1960 | 122 | — | #1,016 | #2,705 |
| 1959 | 145 | — | #849 | — |
| 1958 | 155 | — | #809 | — |
| 1957 | 169 | — | #790 | #3,619 |
| 1956 | 176 | — | #729 | — |
| 1955 | 121 | — | #883 | — |
| 1954 | 136 | — | #822 | #3,900 |
| 1953 | 123 | — | #861 | #3,891 |
| 1952 | 145 | — | #753 | #3,815 |
| 1951 | 123 | — | #803 | — |
| 1950 | 170 | — | #664 | #3,766 |
| 1949 | 154 | — | #671 | — |
| 1948 | 149 | — | #696 | #3,368 |
| 1947 | 200 | — | #610 | #2,523 |
| 1946 | 141 | — | #682 | #3,594 |
| 1945 | 141 | — | #625 | #3,032 |
| 1944 | 123 | — | #668 | — |
| 1943 | 143 | — | #653 | #2,760 |
| 1942 | 177 | — | #558 | — |
| 1941 | 151 | — | #584 | #2,687 |
| 1940 | 161 | — | #559 | #2,913 |
| 1939 | 122 | — | #633 | #2,870 |
| 1938 | 160 | — | #561 | #2,097 |
| 1937 | 130 | — | #604 | #3,224 |
| 1936 | 155 | — | #537 | #2,666 |
| 1935 | 158 | — | #526 | #2,748 |
| 1934 | 146 | — | #552 | #2,591 |
| 1933 | 109 | — | #654 | #2,778 |
| 1932 | 120 | — | #639 | #2,342 |
| 1931 | 103 | — | #689 | #2,687 |
| 1930 | 141 | — | #606 | #2,469 |
| 1929 | 140 | — | #579 | — |
| 1928 | 128 | — | #661 | #1,973 |
| 1927 | 91 | — | #798 | #3,202 |
| 1926 | 82 | — | #802 | — |
| 1925 | 72 | — | #954 | #2,614 |
| 1924 | 88 | — | #832 | #3,543 |
| 1923 | 81 | — | #846 | #3,879 |
| 1922 | 59 | — | #1,106 | #2,653 |
| 1921 | 56 | — | #1,081 | #3,576 |
| 1920 | 46 | — | #1,191 | #4,391 |
| 1919 | 44 | — | #1,273 | #3,154 |
| 1918 | 43 | — | #1,386 | #2,419 |
| 1917 | 48 | — | #1,184 | #2,447 |
| 1916 | 61 | — | #960 | #2,576 |
| 1915 | 39 | — | #1,199 | #3,464 |
| 1914 | 26 | — | #1,609 | #2,302 |
| 1913 | 31 | — | #1,235 | #1,824 |
| 1912 | 15 | — | #1,425 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,682 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,796 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | — | #1,562 | #1,410 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,996 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,562 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,717 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,757 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,531 | #1,150 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,622 | — |