How Many People Are Named Carvel?
An estimated 218 people in the United States have the first name Carvel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 67 years old, and Carvel peaked in popularity in 1929 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carvel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carvel paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 67, Carvel is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1969.
Estimated Living Americans
218
About 1 in 1,572,268 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
67
years old
Peak Year
1929
17 births
Total Registered
520
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carvel
Carvel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 520 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Carvel as a male name
Ranked #11,637 in 2004
5 male births in 2004
Peak: 1929 (17 births)
Carvel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carvel span from the 1910s to the 2000s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 103 babies were registered. Carvel has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carvel by Decade
How has Carvel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carvel by State
Carvel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carvel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carvel
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carvel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carvel?
We estimate approximately 218 people named Carvel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,572,268 Americans share this first name.
Is Carvel a common name?
Carvel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 520 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carvel most popular?
Carvel reached peak popularity in 1929, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carvel is approximately 67 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carvel a male name?
Carvel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carvel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carvel Smith, Carvel Johnson, Carvel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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