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.

Carole

#350 most common girls' name of all time · #644 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1901–2025

Rank among girls
#350
Rank overall
#644 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
110,952
Since 2016
65
Peak year
1942 #35
Best rank
#35 1942
Girls Boys peak 8,440/yr
192019401960198020002020

Carole first appears in 1901. 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 9 — 9 #10,161
2023 9 — 9 #10,373
2020 7 — 7 #12,230
2019 11 — 11 #9,153
2018 10 — 10 #9,854
2017 8 — 8 #11,671
2016 11 — 11 #9,457
2015 10 — 10 #10,200
2014 11 — 11 #9,553
2013 13 — 13 #8,612
2012 6 — 6 #15,057
2011 5 — 5 #16,883
2010 10 — 10 #10,505
2009 12 — 12 #9,409
2008 16 — 16 #7,767
2007 8 — 8 #12,740
2006 17 — 17 #7,162
2005 21 — 21 #5,820
2004 20 — 20 #5,989
2003 36 — 36 #3,809
2002 30 — 30 #4,192
2001 26 — 26 #4,579
2000 24 — 24 #4,814
1999 30 — 30 #3,906
1998 29 — 29 #3,928
1997 44 — 44 #2,781
1996 48 — 48 #2,595
1995 43 — 43 #2,800
1994 56 — 56 #2,332
1993 51 — 51 #2,459
1992 48 — 48 #2,583
1991 81 — 81 #1,770
1990 92 — 92 #1,622
1989 65 — 65 #1,969
1988 87 — 87 #1,534
1987 90 — 90 #1,449
1986 70 — 70 #1,671
1985 94 — 94 #1,379
1984 95 — 95 #1,303
1983 108 — 108 #1,196
1982 100 — 100 #1,280
1981 118 — 118 #1,148
1980 114 — 114 #1,178
1979 128 — 128 #1,078
1978 133 — 133 #1,026
1977 150 — 150 #932
1976 140 — 140 #928
1975 189 — 189 #754
1974 192 — 192 #742
1973 219 — 219 #684
1972 289 — 289 #570
1971 347 — 347 #529
1970 422 — 422 #480
1969 532 — 532 #414
1968 612 — 612 #364
1967 703 — 703 #329
1966 756 — 756 #322
1965 897 — 897 #299
1964 1,164 — 1,164 #263
1963 1,152 — 1,152 #260
1962 1,382 — 1,382 #232
1961 1,679 7 1,686 #205
1960 1,689 — 1,689 #203
1959 1,416 — 1,416 #223
1958 1,510 — 1,510 #211
1957 1,610 — 1,610 #207
1956 1,418 — 1,418 #214
1955 1,426 — 1,426 #213
1954 1,507 — 1,507 #203
1953 1,635 — 1,635 #188
1952 1,836 — 1,836 #170
1951 1,959 — 1,959 #159
1950 2,218 — 2,218 #140
1949 2,764 — 2,764 #118
1948 3,313 7 3,320 #106
1947 3,826 7 3,833 #102
1946 4,621 14 4,635 #72
1945 4,842 11 4,853 #51
1944 6,268 17 6,285 #43
1943 6,506 28 6,534 #42
1942 8,407 33 8,440 #35
1941 4,966 21 4,987 #48
1940 4,790 23 4,813 #49
1939 4,679 13 4,692 #47
1938 4,616 12 4,628 #46
1937 4,198 19 4,217 #56
1936 3,199 11 3,210 #73
1935 2,680 14 2,694 #93
1934 2,655 9 2,664 #89
1933 2,149 12 2,161 #107
1932 1,317 6 1,323 #151
1931 850 — 850 #212
1930 425 — 425 #321
1929 326 — 326 #373
1928 250 — 250 #429
1927 213 — 213 #477
1926 204 — 204 #488
1925 218 — 218 #468
1924 204 — 204 #487
1923 184 — 184 #518
1922 159 — 159 #572
1921 143 — 143 #611
1920 103 — 103 #717
1919 82 — 82 #784
1918 92 — 92 #746
1917 82 — 82 #765
1916 67 — 67 #830
1915 50 — 50 #942
1914 44 — 44 #887
1913 31 — 31 #980
1912 25 — 25 #1,053
1911 10 — 10 #1,645
1910 9 — 9 #1,756
1909 13 — 13 #1,213
1901 5 — 5 #1,910