Carole
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #3,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 8,407 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 13 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 110,688since 1901
Carole over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,323 | 56 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,965 | 65 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,533 | 87 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,446 | 90 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,669 | 70 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,373 | 94 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,303 | 95 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,194 | 108 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,277 | 100 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,148 | 118 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 114 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,074 | 128 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,025 | 133 | — | |
| 1977 | #932 | 150 | — | |
| 1976 | #924 | 140 | — | |
| 1975 | #754 | 189 | — | |
| 1974 | #741 | 192 | — | |
| 1973 | #682 | 219 | — | |
| 1972 | #569 | 289 | — | |
| 1971 | #528 | 347 | — | |
| 1970 | #480 | 422 | — | |
| 1969 | #414 | 532 | — | |
| 1968 | #363 | 612 | — | |
| 1967 | #329 | 703 | — | |
| 1966 | #322 | 756 | — | |
| 1965 | #299 | 897 | — | |
| 1964 | #263 | 1,164 | — | |
| 1963 | #260 | 1,152 | — | |
| 1962 | #232 | 1,382 | — | |
| 1961 | #205 | 1,679 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #203 | 1,689 | — | |
| 1959 | #223 | 1,416 | — | |
| 1958 | #211 | 1,510 | — | |
| 1957 | #207 | 1,610 | — | |
| 1956 | #214 | 1,418 | — | |
| 1955 | #213 | 1,426 | — | |
| 1954 | #203 | 1,507 | — | |
| 1953 | #188 | 1,635 | — | |
| 1952 | #170 | 1,836 | — | |
| 1951 | #159 | 1,959 | — | |
| 1950 | #140 | 2,218 | — | |
| 1949 | #118 | 2,764 | — | |
| 1948 | #106 | 3,313 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #102 | 3,826 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #72 | 4,621 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #51 | 4,842 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #43 | 6,268 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #42 | 6,506 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #35 | 8,407 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #48 | 4,966 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #49 | 4,790 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #47 | 4,679 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #46 | 4,616 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #56 | 4,198 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #73 | 3,199 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #93 | 2,680 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #89 | 2,655 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #107 | 2,149 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #151 | 1,317 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #212 | 850 | — | |
| 1930 | #321 | 425 | — | |
| 1929 | #373 | 326 | — | |
| 1928 | #428 | 250 | — | |
| 1927 | #477 | 213 | — | |
| 1926 | #488 | 204 | — | |
| 1925 | #466 | 218 | — | |
| 1924 | #487 | 204 | — | |
| 1923 | #518 | 184 | — | |
| 1922 | #569 | 159 | — | |
| 1921 | #608 | 143 | — | |
| 1920 | #715 | 103 | — | |
| 1919 | #778 | 82 | — | |
| 1918 | #743 | 92 | — | |
| 1917 | #762 | 82 | — | |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 | — | |
| 1915 | #934 | 50 | — | |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 | — | |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Carole! It came in at #1,679, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Carole
- 2,035 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,107)
- 41 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1916 (#934 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1976 (#754 → #924)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1942 at #35 (8,407 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1934–1946
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1913–1977
- Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 1942 were named Carole (0.62%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.4% of all girls named Carole (50,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | #1,152 (1909) | #1,416 |
| 1910s | 492 | #743 (1918) | #1,009 |
| 1920s | 2,004 | #373 (1929) | #513 |
| 1930s | 26,768 | #46 (1938) | #120 |
| 1940s | 50,303 | #35 (1942) | #67 |
| 1950s | 16,535 | #140 (1950) | #193 |
| 1960s | 10,566 | #203 (1960) | #289 |
| 1970s | 2,209 | #480 (1970) | #771 |
| 1980s | 941 | #1,148 (1981) | #1,408 |
| 1990s | 522 | #1,617 (1990) | #2,670 |
| 2000s | 210 | #3,805 (2003) | #6,605 |
| 2010s | 95 | #8,580 (2013) | #11,037 |
| 2020s | 25 | #10,107 (2025) | #10,854 |
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.
Carole in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 512 of them was named Carole, which outranked 98.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 250,660 of them was named Carole, which outranked 28.3% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,788York8
- #2,788Zenon8
- #2,788Zoltan8
- #3,010Carole7
- #3,010Aime7
- #3,010Alcario7
- #3,010Aleck7
- #3,316Abelino6
- #3,316Acey6
- #3,316Adair6
Tied with 305 names at #3,010; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.