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.

Carola

#6,350 most common girls' name of all time · #10,711 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1894–2025

Rank among girls
#6,350
Rank overall
#10,711 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
1,170
Since 2016
45
Peak year
1961 #2,215
Best rank
#1,134 1894
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Carola first appears in 1894. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 — 8 #10,986
2024 9 — 9 #10,317
2023 8 — 8 #11,222
2022 8 — 8 #11,292
2021 7 — 7 #12,264
2017 5 — 5 #15,990
2015 5 — 5 #16,516
2014 5 — 5 #16,626
2013 8 — 8 #12,008
2012 9 — 9 #11,293
2011 7 — 7 #13,413
2008 6 — 6 #15,478
2007 8 — 8 #12,725
2006 8 — 8 #12,468
2005 8 — 8 #11,878
2004 8 — 8 #11,676
2002 10 — 10 #9,520
1999 6 — 6 #12,759
1995 8 — 8 #9,597
1994 5 — 5 #13,523
1991 6 — 6 #11,596
1990 8 — 8 #9,298
1987 5 — 5 #11,439
1986 6 — 6 #9,631
1985 5 — 5 #10,784
1984 8 — 8 #7,458
1983 5 — 5 #10,374
1982 7 — 7 #8,310
1981 7 — 7 #8,207
1980 7 — 7 #8,246
1979 8 — 8 #7,372
1978 8 — 8 #7,019
1977 5 — 5 #9,780
1976 8 — 8 #6,685
1975 6 — 6 #8,079
1974 13 — 13 #4,497
1973 8 — 8 #6,148
1972 6 — 6 #7,401
1971 12 — 12 #4,571
1970 9 — 9 #5,468
1969 11 — 11 #4,468
1968 17 — 17 #3,206
1967 9 — 9 #4,675
1966 16 — 16 #3,168
1965 12 — 12 #3,782
1964 17 — 17 #3,142
1963 17 — 17 #3,086
1962 13 — 13 #3,627
1961 29 — 29 #2,215
1960 16 — 16 #3,118
1959 13 — 13 #3,484
1958 16 — 16 #3,002
1957 16 — 16 #2,950
1956 18 — 18 #2,756
1955 18 — 18 #2,657
1954 16 — 16 #2,811
1953 19 — 19 #2,458
1952 10 — 10 #3,612
1951 25 — 25 #1,985
1950 18 — 18 #2,374
1949 12 — 12 #3,048
1948 10 — 10 #3,413
1947 15 — 15 #2,681
1946 25 — 25 #1,828
1945 27 — 27 #1,605
1944 15 — 15 #2,336
1943 12 — 12 #2,745
1942 12 — 12 #2,718
1941 12 — 12 #2,584
1940 18 — 18 #1,934
1939 9 — 9 #2,984
1938 17 — 17 #1,978
1937 13 — 13 #2,374
1936 15 — 15 #2,078
1935 18 — 18 #1,877
1934 10 — 10 #2,790
1933 9 — 9 #2,939
1932 11 — 11 #2,694
1931 8 — 8 #3,302
1930 10 — 10 #2,918
1928 8 — 8 #3,520
1927 11 — 11 #2,924
1926 12 — 12 #2,763
1925 12 — 12 #2,837
1924 5 — 5 #5,183
1923 15 — 15 #2,406
1922 13 — 13 #2,681
1921 13 — 13 #2,676
1920 13 — 13 #2,648
1919 5 — 5 #4,917
1918 17 — 17 #2,162
1917 12 — 12 #2,602
1916 20 — 20 #1,770
1915 12 — 12 #2,443
1914 11 — 11 #2,192
1913 13 — 13 #1,721
1912 6 — 6 #2,755
1911 6 — 6 #2,299
1910 6 — 6 #2,250
1909 7 — 7 #1,874
1908 6 — 6 #1,990
1907 5 — 5 #2,224
1905 5 — 5 #2,090
1904 6 — 6 #1,792
1900 5 — 5 #2,080
1899 5 — 5 #1,757
1898 5 — 5 #1,872
1897 5 — 5 #1,724
1895 5 — 5 #1,752
1894 9 — 9 #1,134