Carl Forename
1,060th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 875,872 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden
Carl Forename Definition:
A male name. = German Karl, see Charles. Carl is fairly common in the USA where it is now used by people of all races.
Carl Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 514,532 | 1:705 | 134 |
| Sweden | 100% | 89,488 | 1:110 | 16 |
| England | 100% | 80,156 | 1:694 | 159 |
| Canada | 100% | 36,071 | 1:919 | 205 |
| Philippines | 97% | 21,971 | 1:4,825 | 823 |
| South Africa | 100% | 15,007 | 1:3,634 | 702 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,675 | 1:2,528 | 401 |
| Australia | - | 9,023 | 1:1,514 | 298 |
| Germany | 100% | 8,850 | 1:10,924 | 728 |
| Denmark | - | 8,525 | 1:663 | 144 |
| Haiti | 100% | 8,208 | 1:1,307 | 208 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,361 | 1:1,806 | 410 |
| Wales | 100% | 6,293 | 1:492 | 111 |
| Norway | 100% | 5,221 | 1:983 | 222 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,570 | 1:993 | 232 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,959 | 1:728 | 189 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,614 | 1:8,526 | 1,239 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,324 | 1:5,085 | 774 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,028 | 1:34,549 | 4,143 |
| France | 100% | 2,024 | 1:32,841 | 1,207 |
| Gabon | - | 1,764 | 1:1,068 | 248 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,724 | 1:790 | 114 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,304 | 1:3,561 | 414 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,288 | 1:16,148 | 2,229 |
| China | - | 1,253 | 1:1,090,228 | 35,133 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 1,168 | 1:4,818 | 704 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,130 | 1:675 | 65 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,045 | 1:7,860 | 899 |
| Finland | 100% | 942 | 1:5,821 | 629 |
| Poland | 100% | 942 | 1:40,368 | 1,154 |
| Scotland | 100% | 933 | 1:5,735 | 511 |
| Brazil | 99% | 920 | 1:232,865 | 9,856 |
| Barbados | - | 770 | 1:376 | 79 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 710 | 1:11,482 | 1,162 |
| Kenya | 100% | 669 | 1:69,218 | 4,221 |
| Congo | 100% | 661 | 1:7,578 | 1,034 |
| Bahamas | - | 648 | 1:616 | 149 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 624 | 1:16,717 | 1,666 |
| India | 96% | 572 | 1:2,123,913 | 108,610 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 562 | 1:131,366 | 6,517 |
| Austria | 100% | 507 | 1:16,793 | 822 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 476 | 1:45,400 | 3,056 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 465 | 1:65,484 | 5,092 |
| Estonia | 100% | 454 | 1:2,897 | 539 |
| Malta | - | 443 | 1:969 | 214 |
| Egypt | 86% | 434 | 1:211,753 | 7,640 |
| Portugal | - | 424 | 1:24,554 | 1,086 |
| Suriname | 100% | 345 | 1:1,602 | 361 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 306 | 1:6,023 | 625 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 257 | 1:117,517 | 5,093 |
| Japan | - | 242 | 1:528,868 | 11,366 |
| Hong Kong | - | 224 | 1:34,610 | 2,401 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 221 | 1:803,459 | 21,578 |
| Qatar | 100% | 210 | 1:11,284 | 1,791 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 188 | 1:82,042 | 6,264 |
| Guam | - | 181 | 1:888 | 190 |
| Panama | 100% | 180 | 1:21,703 | 2,091 |
| Spain | 100% | 175 | 1:265,886 | 4,699 |
| Grenada | 100% | 174 | 1:621 | 95 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 172 | 1:638 | 107 |
| Belize | 100% | 166 | 1:2,134 | 485 |
| Chile | 94% | 162 | 1:108,686 | 2,674 |
| Mexico | 100% | 162 | 1:766,324 | 7,045 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 157 | 1:992 | 291 |
| Singapore | 100% | 157 | 1:40,045 | 6,567 |
| French Polynesia | - | 151 | 1:1,840 | 421 |
| Ecuador | - | 134 | 1:132,290 | 2,809 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 132 | 1:845 | 106 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 132 | 1:180,073 | 16,784 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 131 | 1:759 | 117 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 130 | 1:36,677 | 1,881 |
| Russia | 96% | 123 | 1:1,172,632 | 9,525 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 120 | 1:59,600 | 5,250 |
| Jersey | 100% | 118 | 1:847 | 192 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 117 | 1:2,309 | 436 |
| Botswana | 100% | 116 | 1:18,831 | 2,313 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Namibia | - | 114 | 1:21,089 | 1,897 |
| Italy | 93% | 110 | 1:555,110 | 5,747 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Guernsey | - | 104 | 1:609 | 147 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Peru | 99% | 101 | 1:314,767 | 6,779 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 100 | 1:549 | 78 |
| Greenland | - | 85 | 1:663 | 152 |
| Indonesia | - | 80 | 1:3,224,546 | 144,920 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Mauritius | - | 67 | 1:19,370 | 1,913 |
| Dominica | - | 66 | 1:1,144 | 221 |
| South Korea | - | 66 | 1:84,006 | 4,586 |
| Uganda | 85% | 65 | 1:630,106 | 13,203 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 60 | 1:9,401 | 791 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Honduras | 100% | 54 | 1:163,286 | 4,195 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 54 | 1:111,451 | 3,701 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:643 | 121 |
| Colombia | - | 50 | 1:955,579 | 11,126 |
| Madagascar | - | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Bermuda | - | 45 | 1:1,441 | 332 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:1,460 | 338 |
| Greece | 100% | 41 | 1:266,696 | 4,766 |
| Iceland | 100% | 40 | 1:9,150 | 869 |
| Ivory Coast | 95% | 40 | 1:576,898 | 20,488 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:801 | 155 |
| Liberia | 100% | 36 | 1:122,557 | 4,984 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:1,423 | 203 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 30 | 1:442 | 26 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,638 | 351 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 28 | 1:208 | 56 |
| Vietnam | - | 28 | 1:3,307,968 | 3,383 |
| Afghanistan | - | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 27 | 1:32,262 | 1,664 |
| Czechia | 100% | 25 | 1:426,246 | 2,332 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:23,238 | 1,800 |
| Monaco | 100% | 23 | 1:1,672 | 349 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23 | 1:2,295,144 | 22,303 |
| Argentina | 100% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Oman | - | 15 | 1:273,911 | 3,812 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 14 | 1:13,882,691 | 83,133 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 14 | 1:516,915 | 5,000 |
| Zambia | - | 14 | 1:1,132,485 | 16,312 |
| Guatemala | - | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Hungary | 100% | 13 | 1:753,213 | 2,518 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 13 | 1:2,912 | 381 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 11 | 1:7,729 | 208 |
| Moldova | 100% | 11 | 1:323,740 | 2,377 |
| Benin | 100% | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Cook Islands | - | 10 | 1:1,815 | 293 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Micronesia | - | 9 | 1:11,833 | 566 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 7 | 1:902 | 214 |
| Senegal | 100% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Albania | - | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Armenia | - | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Lithuania | - | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Israel | 91% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Jordan | 84% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Cärl (1) are calculated separately.
Carl (29,898) may also be a surname.
Carl Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. = German Karl, see Charles. Carl is fairly common in the USA where it is now used by people of all races.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The Anglicised spelling of the originally German Karl, which is the general Teutonic ‘shape’ of Charles. Cf. Carlo, q. v.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Robust: manly.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 109,183 (2014)
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