first name
KAROL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,198 people named Karol, 61.9% reported their origin as White, 31.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as Black. 83.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Karol peaked in 2005, when 448 babies got the name.
At least 11,131 babies have been given the name since 1911. 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.
Karol by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #953. The largest share of babies named Karol, 38.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Karol is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karol has been most common in Iowa (2.9×), Michigan (2.1×), and Illinois (2.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.23×).
6,563 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 Karol
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karol, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Karol ranks #23,557 of 156,621, with 1,112 people. See Karol as a last name
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