Caro
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,767 · Last seen for boys in 1911 at #1,740
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 269since 1883
Caro over time
Rank among girls' names. Caro has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
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| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
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| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,740 | 5 |
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| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
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| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caro! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Caro
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #920 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
- Highest: 1 in 22,464 girls born in 1883 were named Caro (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,971 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all girls named Caro (58) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 5 | #920 (1883) | #920 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,332 (1891) | #1,332 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,951 (1906) | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 37 | #2,463 (1911) | #3,424 |
| 1920s | 50 | #2,958 (1922) | #3,940 |
| 1930s | 39 | #3,274 (1932) | #3,667 |
| 1940s | 53 | #2,817 (1942) | #4,145 |
| 1950s | 58 | #3,106 (1953) | #4,428 |
| 1960s | 17 | #5,168 (1960) | #6,167 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caro in 1883
Top girls' names in 1883
More about 1883
girls
112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 22,464 of them was named Caro, which outranked 12.7% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 134 names at #920; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.