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Karel Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Karel?

Less than 5 babies were given the name Karel in the United States in 2018.

Karel, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #842 in 1939 with 69 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Karel was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1934-1939, and 1956-1959, the name Karel took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1953-1956, and 1963-1967.

Sometimes the name Karel has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Karel popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

Karel's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Karel for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Karel is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Karel has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Karel (Girl)Karel (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 5 13,071
2017 < 5 -- 5 13,211
2016 < 5 -- 8 9,264
2015 < 5 -- 7 10,072
2014 < 5 -- 5 13,047
2013 < 5 -- 7 10,185
2012 < 5 -- 10 7,835
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- 9 8,449
2009 9 11,931 17 5,424
2008 < 5 -- 8 9,430
2007 7 14,657 < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- 12 6,683
2005 < 5 -- 15 5,433
2004 7 13,428 16 5,124
2003 5 17,010 8 8,232
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 7 12,709 8 7,930
2000 5 16,240 5 11,302
1999 7 11,976 10 6,270
1998 9 9,680 8 7,209
1997 6 12,863 9 6,364
1996 7 11,140 6 8,461
1995 11 7,773 6 8,335
1994 < 5 -- 5 9,563
1993 < 5 -- 7 7,208
1992 10 8,377 < 5 --
1991 < 5 -- 8 6,233
1990 7 10,733 7 6,797
1989 7 10,205 6 7,441
1988 < 5 -- 12 4,046
1987 < 5 -- 8 5,206
1986 6 10,103 7 5,643
1985 7 8,740 13 3,514
1984 8 7,714 6 5,974
1983 7 8,445 7 5,195
1982 6 9,742 7 5,318
1981 < 5 -- 7 5,208
1980 < 5 -- 6 5,904
1979 < 5 -- 8 4,626
1978 5 10,467 6 5,424
1977 9 6,558 7 4,862
1976 < 5 -- 8 4,212
1975 5 9,700 < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- 5 5,611
1973 7 6,983 < 5 --
1972 5 8,834 8 3,794
1971 < 5 -- 6 4,668
1970 10 5,209 5 5,089
1969 11 4,559 8 3,451
1968 12 4,104 < 5 --
1967 10 4,437 < 5 --
1966 15 3,319 6 3,719
1965 20 2,777 < 5 --
1964 19 2,956 7 3,449
1963 26 2,394 5 4,345
1962 23 2,562 7 3,468
1961 32 2,092 5 4,363
1960 26 2,333 < 5 --
1959 35 1,897 6 3,800
1958 31 2,006 6 3,728
1957 25 2,246 7 3,401
1956 20 2,571 < 5 --
1955 23 2,310 7 3,344
1954 39 1,635 6 3,633
1953 52 1,354 < 5 --
1952 35 1,661 6 3,561
1951 35 1,626 8 2,950
1950 36 1,559 5 3,951
1949 35 1,576 9 2,703
1948 32 1,655 5 3,937
1947 51 1,275 6 3,554
1946 32 1,575 < 5 --
1945 32 1,432 < 5 --
1944 35 1,374 < 5 --
1943 30 1,545 6 3,392
1942 31 1,490 8 2,816
1941 33 1,347 < 5 --
1940 50 1,016 5 3,710
1939 69 842 7 2,983
1938 21 1,726 < 5 --
1937 15 2,141 < 5 --
1936 12 2,447 6 3,357
1935 6 3,986 5 3,923
1934 5 4,629 9 2,658
1933 10 2,775 < 5 --
1932 5 4,746 < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- < 5 --
1930 < 5 -- 6 3,807
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1920 < 5 -- 9 3,082
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1917 < 5 -- 6 3,762
1916 < 5 -- 8 3,057
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.