Meaning and history
Carl is the German and Scandinavian variant of Karl, related to Charles, and was brought to America by German immigrants in the 19th century. Notable bearers include Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), German mathematician and scientist Carl Gauss (1777–1855), and Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875–1961), founder of analytical psychology.
20062006: 658 births, rank #427
2007: 628 births, rank #445
2008: 559 births, rank #491
2009: 519 births, rank #521
2010: 449 births, rank #563
20112011: 426 births, rank #588
2012: 487 births, rank #536
2013: 446 births, rank #578
2014: 436 births, rank #612
2015: 457 births, rank #599
20162016: 445 births, rank #605
2017: 415 births, rank #628
2018: 345 births, rank #701
2019: 319 births, rank #748
2020: 286 births, rank #812
20212021: 246 births, rank #922
2022: 220 births, rank #1,012
2023: 233 births, rank #964
2024: 216 births, rank #1,031
20252025: 187 births, rank #1,132
Carl moved from #922 to #964 for boys between 2021 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 1956, with 8,313 births.