Carol
Rank in 2025
#2239
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
82
girls 82
Peak year
1945
30,389 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
825,584
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Carol was most popular in 1945, when 30,389 babies recorded as girls got the name (23.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 82 babies were named Carol, ranking #2239 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 2239 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 66 | 2637 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 74 | 2415 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 82 | 2277 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 2154 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 100 | 1908 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 112 | 1816 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 1787 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 114 | 1815 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 129 | 1660 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 118 | 1770 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 150 | 1487 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 133 | 1616 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 168 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 191 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 150 | 1495 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 189 | 1284 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 228 | 1130 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 250 | 1048 | 9 | 8173 |
| 2006 | 270 | 970 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 351 | 758 | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | 289 | 850 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 276 | 869 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 274 | 843 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 278 | 831 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 322 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 302 | 741 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 351 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 374 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 412 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 460 | 525 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 501 | 495 | 12 | 4803 |
| 1993 | 506 | 494 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 612 | 413 | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | 672 | 384 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 762 | 349 | 15 | 3779 |
| 1989 | 752 | 338 | 23 | 2690 |
| 1988 | 741 | 334 | 19 | 2860 |
| 1987 | 763 | 317 | 15 | 3201 |
| 1986 | 770 | 310 | 22 | 2429 |
| 1985 | 841 | 292 | 13 | 3401 |
| 1984 | 906 | 268 | 17 | 2706 |
| 1983 | 942 | 251 | 14 | 3071 |
| 1982 | 944 | 263 | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | 1,044 | 238 | 15 | 2898 |
| 1980 | 1,105 | 232 | 21 | 2367 |
| 1979 | 1,163 | 225 | 17 | 2669 |
| 1978 | 1,264 | 204 | 16 | 2669 |
| 1977 | 1,348 | 198 | 17 | 2556 |
| 1976 | 1,492 | 171 | 16 | 2601 |
| 1975 | 1,784 | 150 | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | 2,038 | 139 | 22 | 1983 |
| 1973 | 2,457 | 121 | 23 | 1871 |
| 1972 | 3,010 | 109 | 31 | 1535 |
| 1971 | 3,857 | 92 | 30 | 1597 |
| 1970 | 5,064 | 71 | 26 | 1699 |
| 1969 | 6,138 | 56 | 42 | 1221 |
| 1968 | 7,078 | 49 | 42 | 1165 |
| 1967 | 7,491 | 47 | 43 | 1132 |
| 1966 | 8,259 | 48 | 43 | 1131 |
| 1965 | 10,097 | 42 | 56 | 986 |
| 1964 | 12,125 | 36 | 53 | 1035 |
| 1963 | 12,492 | 33 | 54 | 1027 |
| 1962 | 14,523 | 28 | 74 | 889 |
| 1961 | 16,667 | 24 | 79 | 859 |
| 1960 | 17,463 | 23 | 85 | 825 |
| 1959 | 18,140 | 22 | 76 | 875 |
| 1958 | 19,683 | 20 | 70 | 902 |
| 1957 | 21,898 | 18 | 87 | 803 |
| 1956 | 21,408 | 16 | 92 | 770 |
| 1955 | 22,046 | 15 | 78 | 829 |
| 1954 | 22,247 | 15 | 88 | 758 |
| 1953 | 22,290 | 16 | 80 | 798 |
| 1952 | 24,000 | 12 | 104 | 681 |
| 1951 | 24,781 | 11 | 110 | 667 |
| 1950 | 26,163 | 9 | 129 | 602 |
| 1949 | 26,780 | 8 | 132 | 590 |
| 1948 | 28,977 | 8 | 126 | 602 |
| 1947 | 33,543 | 6 | 163 | 529 |
| 1946 | 34,284 | 5 | 174 | 485 |
| 1945 | 30,389 | 5 | 192 | 430 |
| 1944 | 30,456 | 5 | 177 | 456 |
| 1943 | 31,686 | 5 | 231 | 406 |
| 1942 | 30,272 | 5 | 267 | 372 |
| 1941 | 24,187 | 4 | 243 | 372 |
| 1940 | 21,759 | 6 | 253 | 361 |
| 1939 | 20,166 | 6 | 258 | 347 |
| 1938 | 19,421 | 6 | 269 | 338 |
| 1937 | 17,336 | 6 | 278 | 324 |
| 1936 | 14,520 | 10 | 265 | 337 |
| 1935 | 11,735 | 11 | 206 | 379 |
| 1934 | 10,273 | 14 | 252 | 346 |
| 1933 | 8,220 | 20 | 269 | 327 |
| 1932 | 6,570 | 32 | 218 | 380 |
| 1931 | 4,892 | 46 | 246 | 352 |
| 1930 | 4,598 | 54 | 220 | 384 |
| 1929 | 4,279 | 63 | 210 | 402 |
| 1928 | 3,349 | 77 | 195 | 426 |
| 1927 | 2,643 | 106 | 228 | 397 |
| 1926 | 2,427 | 113 | 170 | 461 |
| 1925 | 2,286 | 119 | 146 | 504 |
| 1924 | 2,094 | 132 | 132 | 547 |
| 1923 | 1,864 | 139 | 105 | 620 |
| 1922 | 1,522 | 158 | 133 | 543 |
| 1921 | 1,374 | 166 | 124 | 568 |
| 1920 | 1,140 | 182 | 107 | 609 |
| 1919 | 932 | 200 | 75 | 738 |
| 1918 | 1,011 | 196 | 98 | 620 |
| 1917 | 798 | 215 | 97 | 603 |
| 1916 | 789 | 215 | 98 | 585 |
| 1915 | 596 | 243 | 78 | 657 |
| 1914 | 437 | 251 | 54 | 697 |
| 1913 | 332 | 254 | 34 | 818 |
| 1912 | 324 | 247 | 32 | 765 |
| 1911 | 181 | 291 | 12 | 982 |
| 1910 | 185 | 285 | 14 | 822 |
| 1909 | 142 | 302 | 19 | 615 |
| 1908 | 146 | 294 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | 112 | 329 | 11 | 815 |
| 1906 | 97 | 339 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 91 | 351 | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | 98 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 67 | 388 | 10 | 734 |
| 1902 | 80 | 357 | 6 | 1013 |
| 1901 | 61 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 70 | 397 | 6 | 1162 |
| 1899 | 65 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 63 | 390 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 42 | 453 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 36 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 48 | 404 | 6 | 978 |
| 1894 | 31 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 30 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 29 | 503 | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | 24 | 524 | 6 | 841 |
| 1890 | 26 | 508 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 30 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 20 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 15 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 13 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | 793 | 5 | 971 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years