Karol
#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 87.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 214 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,694since 1918
Karol over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #3,389 | 45 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #2,931 | 55 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #2,371 | 77 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #2,661 | 66 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #1,629 | 132 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #1,968 | 100 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | #2,405 | 78 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #2,090 | 97 | #2,991 | 39 |
| 2008 | #2,253 | 87 | #2,515 | 50 |
| 2007 | #1,537 | 149 | #2,139 | 63 |
| 2006 | #1,574 | 137 | #1,877 | 72 |
| 2005 | #818 | 316 | #1,201 | 132 |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,159 | 35 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,655 | 54 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,305 | 83 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,168 | 99 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,042 | 110 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #920 | 126 | — | |
| 1967 | #857 | 139 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #785 | 157 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #741 | 181 | — | |
| 1964 | #695 | 220 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #746 | 190 | — | |
| 1962 | #724 | 203 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #697 | 226 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #679 | 224 | — | |
| 1959 | #626 | 253 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #617 | 256 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #621 | 251 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #676 | 203 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #634 | 214 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #633 | 207 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #650 | 190 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #565 | 236 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #598 | 205 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #597 | 200 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #607 | 184 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #541 | 232 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #528 | 250 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #538 | 216 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #504 | 211 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #492 | 214 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #557 | 184 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #563 | 172 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #567 | 151 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #592 | 137 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #648 | 112 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #674 | 104 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #726 | 86 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #984 | 49 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #955 | 52 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
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| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Karol! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Karol
- 306 spots since 2024 (#3,695 → #3,389)
- 458 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #3,389)
- 704 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #3,389)
- Biggest jump: 1,924 spots in 2005 (#2,742 → #818)
- Biggest drop: 756 spots in 2006 (#818 → #1,574)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1944 at #492 (214 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1934–1968
- Highest: 1 in 5,848 girls born in 2005 were named Karol (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #492 in 1944, was only 1 in 6,202 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.8% of all girls named Karol (2,215) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1930, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 65 | #2,737 (1929) | #3,615 |
| 1930s | 569 | #648 (1939) | #1,206 |
| 1940s | 1,951 | #492 (1944) | #549 |
| 1950s | 2,215 | #565 (1952) | #622 |
| 1960s | 1,776 | #679 (1960) | #789 |
| 1970s | 488 | #1,168 (1970) | #2,090 |
| 1980s | 239 | #2,651 (1980) | #3,671 |
| 1990s | 350 | #2,799 (1990) | #3,323 |
| 2000s | 1,009 | #818 (2005) | #2,456 |
| 2010s | 714 | #1,629 (2012) | #2,732 |
| 2020s | 313 | #2,789 (2023) | #3,129 |
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.
Karol in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 5,848 of them was named Karol, which outranked 95.7% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 15,131 of them was named Karol, which outranked 91.0% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,196Dilan133
- #1,196Jaleel133
- #1,196Kyron133
- #1,201Karol132
- #1,201Abner132
- #1,201Ayush132
- #1,201Beck132
- #1,209Demario131
- #1,209Eamon131
- #1,209Hernan131
Tied with 7 names at #1,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.