Karel
Karel was the 12966th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 2660th; the most babies were born in 2023 (22). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,875 places. More babies were named Karel in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,966 boys, up 115 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202322 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,814babies recorded
Karel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #12,966 | — | 5 |
| 2020 | — | #13,081 | — | 5 |
| 2010 | — | #8,459 | — | 9 |
| 2000 | #16,242 | #11,303 | 5 | 5 |
| 1990 | #10,737 | #6,804 | 7 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | #5,905 | — | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,213 | #5,091 | 10 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,333 | — | 26 | — |
| 1950 | #1,559 | #3,950 | 36 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,014 | #3,710 | 50 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | #3,808 | — | 6 |
| 1920 | — | #3,082 | — | 9 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Karel, counting every spelling?
Karel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Karel?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Karel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karel?
About 500 people born in the US named Karel are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 16 and 48. That makes Karel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Karel by state
How common Karel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Karel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karel
How popular is the name Karel?
Karel was the 12966th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 2660th; the most babies were born in 2023 (22). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,875 places. More babies were named Karel in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Karel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Karel in the US.
Where is Karel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Karel was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.