Karel is a rare variant of Karla that peaked in 1939 and has since faded.
Karel is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Karel was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1939 (69 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,966 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,421 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,670 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,659 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,445 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,081 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,408 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,161 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,257 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,281 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,091 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,077 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,200 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,845 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,459 |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | #11,939 | #5,430 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,662 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #14,661 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,438 |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | #13,438 | #5,130 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #17,018 | #8,239 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #12,713 | #7,938 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #16,242 | #11,303 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #11,976 | #6,273 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #9,681 | #7,210 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | #12,864 | #6,367 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #11,142 | #8,462 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #7,775 | #8,338 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | — | #9,568 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | — | #5,989 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #8,377 | #7,955 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,234 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #10,737 | #6,804 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #10,209 | #7,442 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | — | #4,049 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | — | #5,211 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #10,107 | #5,648 |
| 1985 | 20 | — | #8,741 | #3,513 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #7,716 | #5,977 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #8,444 | #5,202 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #9,747 | #5,320 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | — | #5,211 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #5,905 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | — | #4,629 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #10,466 | #5,425 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #6,559 | #4,864 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,210 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,707 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | — | #5,611 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #6,983 | — |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #8,837 | #3,797 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,670 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #5,213 | #5,091 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #4,561 | #3,450 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #4,103 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,438 | — |
| 1966 | 21 | — | #3,319 | #3,724 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #2,779 | — |
| 1964 | 26 | — | #2,956 | #3,450 |
| 1963 | 31 | — | #2,392 | #4,344 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | #2,566 | #3,471 |
| 1961 | 37 | — | #2,093 | #4,362 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | #2,333 | — |
| 1959 | 41 | — | #1,901 | #3,804 |
| 1958 | 37 | — | #2,006 | #3,731 |
| 1957 | 32 | — | #2,245 | #3,408 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #2,573 | — |
| 1955 | 30 | — | #2,307 | #3,343 |
| 1954 | 45 | — | #1,635 | #3,633 |
| 1953 | 52 | — | #1,354 | — |
| 1952 | 41 | — | #1,663 | #3,559 |
| 1951 | 43 | — | #1,626 | #2,951 |
| 1950 | 41 | — | #1,559 | #3,950 |
| 1949 | 44 | — | #1,576 | #2,706 |
| 1948 | 37 | — | #1,655 | #3,937 |
| 1947 | 57 | — | #1,276 | #3,554 |
| 1946 | 32 | — | #1,575 | — |
| 1945 | 32 | — | #1,432 | — |
| 1944 | 35 | — | #1,375 | — |
| 1943 | 36 | — | #1,544 | #3,392 |
| 1942 | 39 | — | #1,491 | #2,817 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | #1,348 | — |
| 1940 | 55 | — | #1,014 | #3,710 |
| 1939 | 76 | — | #842 | #2,983 |
| 1938 | 21 | — | #1,727 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #2,141 | — |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #2,448 | #3,356 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #3,987 | #3,922 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #4,630 | #2,660 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,776 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,744 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,808 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | — | #3,082 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,762 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | — | #3,057 |