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“free man”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Karyl is a masculine given name. It is a form of Carol, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “free man”.
Meaning: “free man”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 1997: 5 girls (rank 13724).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Karyl
Recorded category girls
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,967 | observed |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,061 | observed |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,973 | observed |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,564 | observed |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,561 | observed |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,743 | observed |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,921 | observed |
| 1930 | 18 | 1,934 | observed |
| 1931 | 9 | 2,972 | observed |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,568 | observed |
| 1933 | 15 | 2,052 | observed |
| 1934 | 18 | 1,834 | observed |
| 1935 | 18 | 1,845 | observed |
| 1936 | 24 | 1,507 | observed |
| 1937 | 16 | 1,999 | observed |
| 1938 | 16 | 2,021 | observed |
| 1939 | 17 | 1,947 | observed |
| 1940 | 30 | 1,374 | observed |
| 1941 | 51 | 1,020 | observed |
| 1942 | 54 | 1,065 | observed |
| 1943 | 75 | 898 | observed |
| 1944 | 95 | 785 | observed |
| 1945 | 82 | 830 | observed |
| 1946 | 72 | 985 | observed |
| 1947 | 65 | 1,106 | observed |
| 1948 | 56 | 1,209 | observed |
| 1949 | 56 | 1,210 | observed |
| 1950 | 83 | 1,001 | observed |
| 1951 | 54 | 1,266 | observed |
| 1952 | 68 | 1,147 | observed |
| 1953 | 48 | 1,410 | observed |
| 1954 | 42 | 1,560 | observed |
| 1955 | 47 | 1,480 | observed |
| 1956 | 55 | 1,413 | observed |
| 1957 | 88 | 1,116 | observed |
| 1958 | 72 | 1,253 | observed |
| 1959 | 74 | 1,244 | observed |
| 1960 | 59 | 1,430 | observed |
| 1961 | 67 | 1,360 | observed |
| 1962 | 42 | 1,757 | observed |
| 1963 | 46 | 1,683 | observed |
| 1964 | 53 | 1,559 | observed |
| 1965 | 48 | 1,622 | observed |
| 1966 | 24 | 2,453 | observed |
| 1967 | 30 | 2,167 | observed |
| 1968 | 18 | 3,057 | observed |
| 1969 | 33 | 2,208 | observed |
| 1970 | 22 | 3,030 | observed |
| 1971 | 17 | 3,652 | observed |
| 1972 | 14 | 4,091 | observed |
| 1973 | 11 | 4,871 | observed |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,775 | observed |
| 1975 | 14 | 4,370 | observed |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,048 | observed |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,340 | observed |
| 1978 | 8 | 6,948 | observed |
| 1979 | 11 | 5,751 | observed |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,392 | observed |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,110 | observed |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,517 | observed |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,275 | observed |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,398 | observed |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,307 | observed |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,523 | observed |
| 1987 | 8 | 7,987 | observed |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,391 | observed |
| 1989 | 6 | 10,847 | observed |
| 1990 | 6 | 11,409 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,271 | observed |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 6 | 11,783 | observed |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,518 | observed |
| 1997 | 5 | 13,724 | observed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Karyl” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
