Karel
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#12008
recorded as boys
Down 3,021 since 2024
Babies in 2025
5
boys 5
Peak year
1939
69 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,814
since 1916
Born a Karel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Karel was most popular in 1939, when 69 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.06 per 1,000). In 2025, 5 babies were named Karel, ranking #12008 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 8 | 8987 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 22 | 4610 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 13 | 6479 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 11 | 7173 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 8 | 8816 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 7 | 9568 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 10 | 7559 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11459 | 17 | 5334 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 9 | 8324 |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 12 | 6460 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 15 | 5278 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12761 | 16 | 5007 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 12056 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9260 | 8 | 6843 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7514 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 7 | 9681 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 12 | 3915 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9545 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8318 | 13 | 3401 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8047 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | 7 | 5003 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6340 | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 7 | 6666 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 10 | 5061 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 11 | 4418 | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | 12 | 4000 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 15 | 3266 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1965 | 20 | 2744 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 19 | 2915 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 26 | 2364 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 23 | 2539 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 32 | 2070 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 26 | 2307 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 35 | 1881 | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | 31 | 1985 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 25 | 2218 | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | 20 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 23 | 2280 | 7 | 3201 |
| 1954 | 39 | 1623 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 52 | 1344 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 35 | 1641 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 35 | 1611 | 8 | 2844 |
| 1950 | 36 | 1550 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 35 | 1564 | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | 32 | 1648 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 51 | 1270 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 32 | 1559 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 32 | 1418 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 35 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 30 | 1527 | 6 | 3231 |
| 1942 | 31 | 1471 | 8 | 2712 |
| 1941 | 33 | 1335 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 50 | 1010 | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | 69 | 838 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 21 | 1703 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | 2101 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 12 | 2386 | 6 | 3147 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3742 | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1933 | 10 | 2688 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | 4411 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 6 | 3592 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 9 | 2967 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 6 | 3545 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 8 | 2926 |
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Recorded as girls 67% · boys 33% across all years