This page shows the Karl (boys) figures from the National Records of Scotland babies' first names table, which covers every year from 1974 to 2009. Each row below is one year in which Karl was recorded as a first name for boys in Scotland: the number of babies given the name that year and the name's rank among Karl's first-name rivals that year — that is, the rank the source table itself gives the row, among all first names for boys that year.

The record for Karl for boys sums every one of those rows. Across the years covered, Karl appears in 31 of them, from 1974 to 2009, with 282 babies in total. Its largest single year was 1988, when the table records 16 babies given the name, at rank 149 among all first names for boys that year.

Figures cover every year from 1974 to 2009; years in which the table records no row for Karl for boys are simply not listed. The publisher suppresses names with a total count of 2 or less in Scotland, so no figure here stands below 3.

Year by year

Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names table, 1974 to 2009. Fetched 2026-11-05.

YearBabies given the nameRank among boys' first names
20093626
20083638
20073595
20063584
20018271
19997263
19983422
19974358
199610221
199510214
19946274
199310212
199212203
19918238
199010210
198913174
198816149
198711178
19866231
19858207
198412160
19839185
198212165
198113151
198013156
197912159
197811163
197710169
197610169
197514155
197412163

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