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How popular is the name Karel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Karels are alive today.
Karel (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 4992nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2014, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2964th most popular that year.
The Karel you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Karels born in England and Wales are between 11 and 31, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Karel - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Karel.
How many babies are named Karel each year?
Where does Karel rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Karel most popular?
Karel peaked in 2014, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Karel?
At least 110 people named Karel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Karel?
Most living Karels are between 11 and 31; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Karel becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.