first name
CAROLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 80,915 people named Carole, 91.7% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Black and 1.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carole peaked in 1942, when 8,440 babies got the name.
At least 110,952 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carole by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #112. The largest share of babies named Carole, 57.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carole is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carole has been most common in Massachusetts (1.9×), District of Columbia (1.8×), and Pennsylvania (1.8×), and least common in Nevada (0.1×).
107,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carole
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carole, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carole ranks #102,571 of 156,621, with 187 people. See Carole as a last name
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