Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carol

#24 most common girls' name of all time · #62 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#24
Rank overall
#62 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
825,584
Since 2016
960
Peak year
1946 #5
Best rank
#4 1941
Girls Boys peak 34,458/yr
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Carol is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 82 — 82 #2,240
2024 66 — 66 #2,639
2023 74 — 74 #2,416
2022 82 — 82 #2,278
2021 87 — 87 #2,155
2020 100 — 100 #1,909
2019 112 — 112 #1,816
2018 114 — 114 #1,788
2017 114 — 114 #1,815
2016 129 — 129 #1,660
2015 118 — 118 #1,771
2014 150 — 150 #1,489
2013 133 — 133 #1,616
2012 168 — 168 #1,385
2011 191 — 191 #1,250
2010 150 — 150 #1,496
2009 189 5 194 #1,284
2008 228 — 228 #1,130
2007 250 9 259 #1,048
2006 270 5 275 #970
2005 351 14 365 #758
2004 289 — 289 #851
2003 276 — 276 #869
2002 274 — 274 #843
2001 278 — 278 #831
2000 322 — 322 #718
1999 302 5 307 #741
1998 351 — 351 #658
1997 374 — 374 #606
1996 412 — 412 #565
1995 460 — 460 #525
1994 501 12 513 #495
1993 506 7 513 #494
1992 612 11 623 #413
1991 672 10 682 #384
1990 762 15 777 #349
1989 752 23 775 #338
1988 741 19 760 #334
1987 763 15 778 #317
1986 770 22 792 #310
1985 841 13 854 #293
1984 906 17 923 #268
1983 942 14 956 #251
1982 944 14 958 #263
1981 1,044 15 1,059 #238
1980 1,105 21 1,126 #232
1979 1,163 17 1,180 #225
1978 1,264 16 1,280 #204
1977 1,348 17 1,365 #198
1976 1,492 16 1,508 #171
1975 1,784 14 1,798 #150
1974 2,038 22 2,060 #139
1973 2,457 23 2,480 #121
1972 3,010 31 3,041 #109
1971 3,857 30 3,887 #92
1970 5,064 26 5,090 #71
1969 6,138 42 6,180 #56
1968 7,078 42 7,120 #49
1967 7,491 43 7,534 #47
1966 8,259 43 8,302 #48
1965 10,097 56 10,153 #42
1964 12,125 53 12,178 #36
1963 12,492 54 12,546 #33
1962 14,523 74 14,597 #28
1961 16,667 79 16,746 #24
1960 17,463 85 17,548 #23
1959 18,140 76 18,216 #22
1958 19,683 70 19,753 #20
1957 21,898 87 21,985 #18
1956 21,408 92 21,500 #16
1955 22,046 78 22,124 #15
1954 22,247 88 22,335 #15
1953 22,290 80 22,370 #16
1952 24,000 104 24,104 #12
1951 24,781 110 24,891 #11
1950 26,163 129 26,292 #9
1949 26,780 132 26,912 #8
1948 28,977 126 29,103 #8
1947 33,543 163 33,706 #6
1946 34,284 174 34,458 #5
1945 30,389 192 30,581 #5
1944 30,456 177 30,633 #5
1943 31,686 231 31,917 #5
1942 30,272 267 30,539 #5
1941 24,187 243 24,430 #4
1940 21,759 253 22,012 #6
1939 20,166 258 20,424 #6
1938 19,421 269 19,690 #6
1937 17,336 278 17,614 #6
1936 14,520 265 14,785 #10
1935 11,735 206 11,941 #11
1934 10,273 252 10,525 #14
1933 8,220 269 8,489 #20
1932 6,570 218 6,788 #32
1931 4,892 246 5,138 #46
1930 4,598 220 4,818 #54
1929 4,279 210 4,489 #63
1928 3,349 195 3,544 #77
1927 2,643 228 2,871 #106
1926 2,427 170 2,597 #113
1925 2,286 146 2,432 #119
1924 2,094 132 2,226 #132
1923 1,864 105 1,969 #139
1922 1,522 133 1,655 #159
1921 1,374 124 1,498 #166
1920 1,140 107 1,247 #182
1919 932 75 1,007 #200
1918 1,011 98 1,109 #196
1917 798 97 895 #215
1916 789 98 887 #215
1915 596 78 674 #243
1914 437 54 491 #251
1913 332 34 366 #254
1912 324 32 356 #247
1911 181 12 193 #292
1910 185 14 199 #285
1909 142 19 161 #304
1908 146 7 153 #294
1907 112 11 123 #331
1906 97 7 104 #340
1905 91 6 97 #351
1904 98 — 98 #332
1903 67 10 77 #388
1902 80 6 86 #361
1901 61 — 61 #379
1900 70 6 76 #398
1899 65 — 65 #364
1898 63 5 68 #390
1897 42 7 49 #457
1896 36 — 36 #494
1895 48 6 54 #408
1894 31 — 31 #522
1893 30 — 30 #506
1892 29 6 35 #509
1891 24 6 30 #533
1890 26 5 31 #518
1889 30 — 30 #453
1888 20 — 20 #567
1887 15 — 15 #600
1886 13 — 13 #647
1885 11 — 11 #670
1884 8 5 13 #805
1882 6 — 6 #828
1881 10 — 10 #563
1880 7 — 7 #685