Karel
Karel is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 842nd, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193969 births
- Best rank
- #842in 1939
- Since 1932
- 1,809people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,208 girls have been named Karel in the United States since 1932, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1939, with 69 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 69 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1940s alone account for 30%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Karel is used for both sexes: 33% of its bearers are boys (601), most of them born around 2023.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1939, its biggest year
Karel was the 842nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1939 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty and Shirley. See all of 1939.
Names that rose and fell with Karel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kayepeak 1947
- Sherrillpeak 1947
- Glendapeak 1950
- Carolpeak 1946
- Janicepeak 1951
- Glyndapeak 1947
- Kaypeak 1942
- Dianpeak 1946
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.