Karl
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About Karl
Variation of Charles
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,148 | 165 | 85.9 |
| 2015 | #1,074 | 184 | 96 |
| 2016 | #1,152 | 167 | 88 |
| 2017 | #1,289 | 141 | 76.2 |
| 2018 | #1,288 | 143 | 78.7 |
| 2019 | #1,290 | 144 | 80.3 |
| 2020 | #1,569 | 104 | 60.3 |
| 2021 | #1,535 | 115 | 65.7 |
| 2022 | #1,430 | 128 | 73.3 |
| 2023 | #1,687 | 101 | 59 |
| 2024 | #1,688 | 99 | 57.5 |
| 2025 | #1,593 | 107 | 62.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Karls
- Karl Marx
philosopher and co,founder of Marxism
- Karl Malone
former NBA player
- Karl Lagerfeld
current fashion designer of Chanel
- Karl Pilkington
English TV personality, author, comedian, actor, and radio producer
- Karl Urban
New Zealand actor
- Karl Weierstrass
German mathematician
- Karl John Geary
Irish/American actor
- Karl Ferdinand Braun
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup
winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Karl Landsteiner
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Karl Ziegler
winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Karl von Frisch
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Karl Barry Sharpless
winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Karl Jacobs
Videogame influencer, part of MrBeast's team.
Karl in pop culture
- Karl Mayer
Susan's ex,husband on "Desperate Housewives"
- Karl
from movie "The Sitter"
- Theodore Karl "Theo" Raeken
character in MTV show "Teen Wolf," portrayed by Cody Christian
- Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo
character in Marvel Universe
Variations & nicknames
- KarelDutch
- KarolPolish
- CarlosSpanish
- KaarleFinnish
- KaarloFinnish
- KárolyHungarian
- KalleSwedish
- CarloItalian
- KarcsiHungarian
