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.

Karol*

#1,518 most common girls' name of all time · #2,624 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1911–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,518
Rank overall
#2,624 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
11,131
Since 2016
581
Peak year
2005 #818
Best rank
#493 1944
Girls Boys peak 448/yr
192019401960198020002020

Karol first appears in 1911. 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 45 — 45 #3,397
2024 41 — 41 #3,699
2023 61 6 67 #2,795
2022 59 — 59 #2,864
2021 52 10 62 #3,117
2020 55 11 66 #2,934
2019 72 5 77 #2,455
2018 44 8 52 #3,506
2017 36 14 50 #4,078
2016 43 19 62 #3,601
2015 66 18 84 #2,689
2014 77 27 104 #2,375
2013 66 24 90 #2,663
2012 132 31 163 #1,631
2011 100 37 137 #1,972
2010 78 30 108 #2,408
2009 97 39 136 #2,092
2008 87 50 137 #2,256
2007 149 63 212 #1,538
2006 137 72 209 #1,575
2005 316 132 448 #818
2004 59 18 77 #2,745
2003 34 7 41 #3,963
2002 43 15 58 #3,249
2001 39 14 53 #3,430
2000 48 12 60 #2,948
1999 45 15 60 #2,944
1998 37 13 50 #3,309
1997 30 9 39 #3,736
1996 42 17 59 #2,858
1995 32 12 44 #3,433
1994 31 12 43 #3,555
1993 32 17 49 #3,441
1992 25 13 38 #4,106
1991 35 8 43 #3,165
1990 41 15 56 #2,808
1989 27 11 38 #3,690
1988 22 10 32 #4,041
1987 25 7 32 #3,551
1986 21 — 21 #3,915
1985 15 8 23 #4,896
1984 21 8 29 #3,759
1983 32 7 39 #2,736
1982 19 10 29 #4,057
1981 22 — 22 #3,643
1980 35 5 40 #2,664
1979 30 13 43 #2,876
1978 34 — 34 #2,534
1977 27 — 27 #2,927
1976 35 — 35 #2,344
1975 34 — 34 #2,370
1974 38 — 38 #2,149
1973 54 5 59 #1,675
1972 54 — 54 #1,664
1971 83 — 83 #1,308
1970 99 — 99 #1,171
1969 110 5 115 #1,042
1968 126 — 126 #921
1967 139 5 144 #858
1966 157 5 162 #789
1965 181 — 181 #744
1964 220 5 225 #697
1963 190 — 190 #747
1962 203 6 209 #726
1961 226 6 232 #698
1960 224 — 224 #680
1959 253 5 258 #626
1958 256 7 263 #617
1957 251 6 257 #623
1956 203 10 213 #676
1955 214 9 223 #634
1954 207 7 214 #635
1953 190 8 198 #651
1952 236 12 248 #565
1951 205 9 214 #601
1950 200 7 207 #597
1949 184 6 190 #610
1948 232 7 239 #543
1947 250 17 267 #529
1946 216 10 226 #538
1945 211 12 223 #504
1944 214 14 228 #493
1943 184 13 197 #557
1942 172 12 184 #564
1941 151 13 164 #569
1940 137 13 150 #594
1939 112 17 129 #648
1938 104 13 117 #677
1937 86 11 97 #732
1936 79 10 89 #762
1935 49 16 65 #992
1934 52 11 63 #964
1933 38 9 47 #1,153
1932 20 10 30 #1,801
1931 13 9 22 #2,383
1930 16 18 34 #2,177
1929 11 9 20 #2,851
1928 10 10 20 #3,079
1927 9 10 19 #3,442
1926 7 9 16 #4,083
1925 7 13 20 #4,204
1924 7 12 19 #4,179
1923 6 12 18 #4,597
1922 — 8 8 —
1921 8 17 25 #3,844
1920 — 13 13 —
1919 — 11 11 —
1918 5 15 20 #5,057
1917 — 20 20 —
1916 — 18 18 —
1915 — 16 16 —
1914 — 9 9 —
1911 — 5 5 —