Karol

Where Karol comes from

Karol hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    Karol Szymanowski born
    Polish composer
  2. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,809 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1931
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1944
    Peak, #492
    214 babies named Karol — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,168.
  6. 1983
    Karol Nawrocki born
    Polish politician and historian, President of the Republic of Poland since 2025
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Karol Nawrocki · Polish politician and historian, President of the Republic of Poland since 2025, born 1983
  • Karol Szymanowski · Polish composer, 1882–1937
  • Karol Linetty · Polish footballer, born 1995
  • Karol Dobiaš · Slovak football player and coach, born 1947
  • Karol Świderski · Polish association football player, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.