Quick answers about Carroll
How many people are named Carroll?
An estimated 9,007 living Americans are named Carroll.
How rare is Carroll?
Carroll fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Carroll?
The median age of a living American named Carroll is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 59 and 79 years old.
Is Carroll still popular?
Not especially. Carroll has been declining since its 1934 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Carroll most common?
Carroll has its strongest geographic signal in Vermont, where it appears 7.5× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Carroll is most concentrated in Maryland — about 6.8× the national rate in the 1980s.
States where Carroll is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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