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Karel

Gender

Male

Origin

French
strong
Czech
Strong, manly; variant of Karl

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Karel

Pronunciation

k(a)-rel

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #4606, 22 births); most recent 2025 (rank #12008, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1939 (rank #837, 69 births); most recent 2009 (rank #11450, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20255–
20248–
202322–
202213–
20216–
20205–
201911–
20185–
20175–
20168–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #2961, 6 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4985, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
20184
20174
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #1071, 34 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2230, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1976 (rank #1004, 12 births); most recent 2011 (rank #3501, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202311–
202214–
202119–
202023–
201929–
201821–
201715–
201623–
201534–
201422–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence