KARL is ranked as the 450th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 130,096.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 40.8 people named KARL for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 92% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named KARL is 74,118.
The SSA data also shows that KARL is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KARL is
85.6% White,
2.7% Hispanic origin,
8.2% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name KARL have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name KARL is included in the following name categories:
German masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
German Common surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
South Korean surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KARL
The state with the most people named
KARL is
California where
13,832 people have this name.
Alaska is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KARL, as
97.29 in every 100,000
Alaskans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Alaska is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name KARL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,997
46.56
99.3%
Indiana
2,379
36.07
98.5%
Iowa
1,222
39.33
98.2%
Kansas
1,252
43.1
97.3%
Michigan
5,226
52.73
99.5%
Minnesota
3,006
55.08
99.1%
Missouri
632
21.09
96.6%
Nebraska
769
40.86
96.4%
North Dakota
145
19.57
87.6%
Ohio
5,717
49.31
99.1%
South Dakota
327
38.35
92.0%
Wisconsin
4,016
69.74
99.2%
West States
State stats for the first name KARL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
717
97.29
95.5%
Arizona
3,401
50.53
98.6%
California
13,832
35.65
99.6%
Colorado
2,978
55.61
98.7%
Hawaii
716
50.47
98.0%
Idaho
992
60.67
97.1%
Montana
502
49.05
94.6%
Nevada
1,311
46.19
97.8%
New Mexico
946
45.34
96.4%
Oregon
2,017
50.79
98.3%
Utah
2,012
68.38
98.2%
Washington
4,167
59.01
99.3%
Wyoming
354
60.66
93.5%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KARL
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KARL as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named KARL.
The most popular full name is KARL Johnson.
0.79% of all the people named KARL
have this family name.
There are 15050 last
names associated with this first name.