Carol Name Popularity

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How popular is Carol?

Ranking 1,788th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Carol is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Carol has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #4 in 1941.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1946 with 34,284 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Carol in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1883.

Approximately during the years 1884-1889, 1891-1898, 1901-1904, and 1905-1946, the name Carol took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1947-1953, 1955-1981, 1990-1993, 1994-1997, and 2005-2010.

Sometimes the name Carol has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carol be?

Carol's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Carol has dropped.

The name Carol is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Carol is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Carol (Girl)		Carol (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		113	1,788	< 5	--
2017		113	1,819	< 5	--
2016		129	1,659	< 5	--
2015		118	1,765	< 5	--
2014		150	1,485	< 5	--
2013		133	1,616	< 5	--
2012		168	1,385	< 5	--
2011		191	1,251	< 5	--
2010		150	1,495	< 5	--
2009		189	1,284	5	12,766
2008		228	1,130	< 5	--
2007		250	1,048	9	8,281
2006		269	973	5	12,322
2005		351	758	14	5,613
2004		289	850	< 5	--
2003		275	877	< 5	--
2002		274	845	< 5	--
2001		278	831	< 5	--
2000		321	724	< 5	--
1999		302	741	5	10,126
1998		351	657	< 5	--
1997		374	607	< 5	--
1996		411	565	< 5	--
1995		460	525	< 5	--
1994		502	495	12	4,835
1993		506	494	7	6,913
1992		612	413	11	4,919
1991		672	384	10	5,141
1990		763	349	15	3,801
1989		753	338	23	2,703
1988		740	333	19	2,869
1987		762	318	15	3,215
1986		770	310	22	2,436
1985		840	293	13	3,436
1984		906	268	17	2,713
1983		942	251	14	3,088
1982		946	263	14	3,124
1981		1,043	238	15	2,913
1980		1,106	232	21	2,375
1979		1,165	224	17	2,681
1978		1,262	205	16	2,686
1977		1,345	198	17	2,570
1976		1,492	171	16	2,621
1975		1,785	150	14	2,777
1974		2,041	137	22	1,995
1973		2,457	121	23	1,881
1972		3,010	109	31	1,540
1971		3,857	92	30	1,601
1970		5,063	71	26	1,707
1969		6,140	55	42	1,222
1968		7,077	49	42	1,167
1967		7,489	47	43	1,136
1966		8,260	48	43	1,136
1965		10,098	42	56	988
1964		12,127	36	53	1,036
1963		12,493	33	54	1,029
1962		14,519	28	74	888
1961		16,669	24	80	854
1960		17,461	23	84	829
1959		18,127	22	76	877
1958		19,686	20	69	907
1957		21,899	18	88	800
1956		21,405	16	92	769
1955		22,041	15	78	827
1954		22,245	15	88	759
1953		22,295	16	80	799
1952		23,993	12	104	683
1951		24,779	11	110	667
1950		26,164	9	129	602
1949		26,783	8	132	589
1948		28,979	8	126	603
1947		33,539	6	163	529
1946		34,284	5	174	485
1945		30,387	5	192	430
1944		30,456	5	177	456
1943		31,682	5	231	406
1942		30,273	5	267	373
1941		24,181	4	243	372
1940		21,761	6	253	361
1939		20,166	6	258	347
1938		19,424	6	270	337
1937		17,336	6	278	325
1936		14,521	10	263	338
1935		11,731	11	206	379
1934		10,273	14	252	346
1933		8,220	20	269	327
1932		6,569	32	218	380
1931		4,892	46	246	352
1930		4,597	54	220	385
1929		4,278	63	210	402
1928		3,351	77	195	426
1927		2,644	106	228	397
1926		2,427	113	169	462
1925		2,286	119	147	502
1924		2,094	132	132	548
1923		1,864	139	105	620
1922		1,522	158	133	544
1921		1,374	166	124	568
1920		1,140	182	107	609
1919		932	200	75	739
1918		1,011	196	98	620
1917		798	215	97	605
1916		789	215	98	587
1915		596	243	78	658
1914		437	251	54	701
1913		332	254	34	820
1912		324	247	32	766
1911		181	291	12	993
1910		185	285	14	824
1909		142	302	19	619
1908		146	294	7	1,131
1907		112	329	11	826
1906		97	339	7	1,024
1905		91	351	6	1,119
1904		98	330	< 5	--
1903		67	389	10	743
1902		80	357	6	1,030
1901		61	378	< 5	--
1900		70	397	6	1,187
1899		65	361	< 5	--
1898		63	391	5	1,148
1897		42	455	7	860
1896		36	490	< 5	--
1895		48	404	6	996
1894		31	519	< 5	--
1893		30	503	< 5	--
1892		29	504	6	975
1891		24	526	6	861
1890		26	510	5	1,026
1889		30	443	< 5	--
1888		20	561	< 5	--
1887		15	590	< 5	--
1886		13	638	< 5	--
1885		11	661	< 5	--
1884		8	800	5	994
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		6	827	< 5	--
1881		10	543	< 5	--
1880		7	685	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.