NameTides

Karel

Karel was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Karel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Karel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Karel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#12,008 (5)——
2024#8,987 (8)——
2023#4,610 (22)#4,992 (3)—
2022#6,479 (13)——
2021#10,799 (6)——
2020#12,022 (5)——
2019#7,173 (11)#4,702 (3)—
2018#12,156 (5)#3,959 (4)—
2017#12,246 (5)#3,996 (4)—
2016#8,816 (8)#4,810 (3)—
2015#9,568 (7)#4,747 (3)—
2014#12,108 (5)#2,964 (6)—
2013#9,655 (7)——
2012#7,559 (10)#4,805 (3)—
2010#8,139 (9)——

Karel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Karel as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Karel as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2009#11,459 (9)—
2007#13,924 (7)—
2004#12,761 (7)—
2003#15,784 (5)#2,693 (5)
2001#12,056 (7)#2,573 (5)
2000#15,031 (5)#2,491 (5)
1999#11,385 (7)#1,066 (17)
1998#9,260 (9)#1,450 (11)
1997#12,070 (6)#1,094 (16)
1996#10,567 (7)#1,086 (17)
1995#7,514 (11)#1,132 (16)
1994—#1,311 (11)
1993—#1,129 (15)
1992#8,065 (10)#1,005 (18)
1991—#1,171 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #4,610.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2009, 35% of US babies named Karel were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Karel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 52,000 to 1 in 850,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarelCanadaGirls—too few
KarelCanadaBoys—too few
KarelEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KarelUSGirls—too few
KarelUSBoys#12,0085