Recorded 1897–2025 · United States
Carnell was most popular in 1955, when 102 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,654 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,164 people named Carnell.
Carnell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1897, which makes it about 128 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 114 of the 129 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,164 American births named Carnell between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,558 are estimated to be alive today.
10 American babies were named Carnell in 2025, ranking #16,070 that year.
Carnell is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 9 births a year, against 33 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -73% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Carnell is mostly a boy’s name — 10.6% of the 5,164 Americans given it were girls and 89.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,558 Americans named Carnell are alive today — 69% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 50 years old, and half are between 32 and 67. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org