Carol was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #4 in 1941 but is far less common today.
Carol is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,242 for girl births in the United States (and #4,056 across all names), given to 82 babies. Carol was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1946 (34,284 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 82 | #2,242 | — |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | #2,642 | — |
| 2023 | 74 | 74 | #2,424 | — |
| 2022 | 82 | 82 | #2,278 | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | #2,156 | — |
| 2020 | 100 | 100 | #1,911 | — |
| 2019 | 112 | 112 | #1,818 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 114 | #1,790 | — |
| 2017 | 114 | 114 | #1,817 | — |
| 2016 | 129 | 129 | #1,662 | — |
| 2015 | 118 | 118 | #1,770 | — |
| 2014 | 150 | 150 | #1,489 | — |
| 2013 | 133 | 133 | #1,617 | — |
| 2012 | 168 | 168 | #1,386 | — |
| 2011 | 191 | 197 | #1,251 | — |
| 2010 | 150 | 150 | #1,495 | — |
| 2009 | 194 | 194 | #1,285 | #12,777 |
| 2008 | 228 | 228 | #1,130 | — |
| 2007 | 259 | 259 | #1,048 | #8,288 |
| 2006 | 275 | 280 | #972 | #12,331 |
| 2005 | 365 | 374 | #758 | #5,615 |
| 2004 | 289 | 304 | #851 | — |
| 2003 | 276 | 283 | #871 | — |
| 2002 | 274 | 288 | #845 | — |
| 2001 | 278 | 284 | #831 | — |
| 2000 | 322 | 333 | #719 | — |
| 1999 | 307 | 321 | #741 | #10,129 |
| 1998 | 351 | 366 | #658 | — |
| 1997 | 374 | — | #607 | — |
| 1996 | 412 | — | #565 | — |
| 1995 | 460 | — | #525 | — |
| 1994 | 513 | — | #495 | #4,836 |
| 1993 | 513 | — | #494 | #6,920 |
| 1992 | 623 | — | #413 | #4,921 |
| 1991 | 682 | — | #384 | #5,143 |
| 1990 | 777 | — | #349 | #3,802 |
| 1989 | 775 | — | #338 | #2,703 |
| 1988 | 760 | — | #334 | #2,869 |
| 1987 | 778 | — | #318 | #3,217 |
| 1986 | 792 | — | #310 | #2,437 |
| 1985 | 854 | — | #292 | #3,435 |
| 1984 | 923 | — | #268 | #2,714 |
| 1983 | 956 | — | #251 | #3,090 |
| 1982 | 958 | — | #263 | #3,126 |
| 1981 | 1,059 | — | #238 | #2,916 |
| 1980 | 1,126 | — | #232 | #2,376 |
| 1979 | 1,180 | — | #225 | #2,683 |
| 1978 | 1,280 | — | #204 | #2,685 |
| 1977 | 1,365 | — | #198 | #2,571 |
| 1976 | 1,508 | — | #171 | #2,620 |
| 1975 | 1,798 | — | #150 | #2,774 |
| 1974 | 2,060 | — | #139 | #1,996 |
| 1973 | 2,480 | — | #121 | #1,882 |
| 1972 | 3,041 | — | #109 | #1,538 |
| 1971 | 3,887 | — | #92 | #1,601 |
| 1970 | 5,090 | — | #71 | #1,708 |
| 1969 | 6,180 | — | #56 | #1,222 |
| 1968 | 7,120 | — | #49 | #1,167 |
| 1967 | 7,534 | — | #47 | #1,135 |
| 1966 | 8,302 | — | #48 | #1,134 |
| 1965 | 10,153 | — | #42 | #988 |
| 1964 | 12,178 | — | #36 | #1,037 |
| 1963 | 12,546 | — | #33 | #1,029 |
| 1962 | 14,597 | — | #28 | #889 |
| 1961 | 16,746 | — | #24 | #861 |
| 1960 | 17,548 | — | #23 | #825 |
| 1959 | 18,216 | — | #22 | #877 |
| 1958 | 19,753 | — | #20 | #902 |
| 1957 | 21,985 | — | #18 | #805 |
| 1956 | 21,500 | — | #16 | #770 |
| 1955 | 22,124 | — | #15 | #829 |
| 1954 | 22,335 | — | #15 | #758 |
| 1953 | 22,370 | — | #16 | #798 |
| 1952 | 24,104 | — | #12 | #681 |
| 1951 | 24,891 | — | #11 | #667 |
| 1950 | 26,292 | — | #9 | #602 |
| 1949 | 26,912 | — | #8 | #590 |
| 1948 | 29,103 | — | #8 | #602 |
| 1947 | 33,706 | — | #6 | #529 |
| 1946 | 34,458 | — | #5 | #485 |
| 1945 | 30,581 | — | #5 | #430 |
| 1944 | 30,633 | — | #5 | #456 |
| 1943 | 31,917 | — | #5 | #406 |
| 1942 | 30,539 | — | #5 | #373 |
| 1941 | 24,430 | — | #4 | #372 |
| 1940 | 22,012 | — | #6 | #361 |
| 1939 | 20,424 | — | #6 | #347 |
| 1938 | 19,690 | — | #6 | #338 |
| 1937 | 17,614 | — | #6 | #324 |
| 1936 | 14,785 | — | #10 | #337 |
| 1935 | 11,941 | — | #11 | #379 |
| 1934 | 10,525 | — | #14 | #346 |
| 1933 | 8,489 | — | #20 | #327 |
| 1932 | 6,788 | — | #32 | #380 |
| 1931 | 5,138 | — | #46 | #353 |
| 1930 | 4,818 | — | #54 | #384 |
| 1929 | 4,489 | — | #63 | #402 |
| 1928 | 3,544 | — | #77 | #426 |
| 1927 | 2,871 | — | #106 | #397 |
| 1926 | 2,597 | — | #113 | #461 |
| 1925 | 2,432 | — | #119 | #505 |
| 1924 | 2,226 | — | #132 | #548 |
| 1923 | 1,969 | — | #139 | #620 |
| 1922 | 1,655 | — | #158 | #544 |
| 1921 | 1,498 | — | #166 | #568 |
| 1920 | 1,247 | — | #182 | #609 |
| 1919 | 1,007 | — | #200 | #739 |
| 1918 | 1,109 | — | #196 | #620 |
| 1917 | 895 | — | #215 | #604 |
| 1916 | 887 | — | #215 | #586 |
| 1915 | 674 | — | #243 | #657 |
| 1914 | 491 | — | #251 | #701 |
| 1913 | 366 | — | #254 | #820 |
| 1912 | 356 | — | #247 | #766 |
| 1911 | 193 | — | #291 | #993 |
| 1910 | 199 | — | #285 | #824 |
| 1909 | 161 | — | #302 | #619 |
| 1908 | 153 | — | #294 | #1,131 |
| 1907 | 123 | — | #329 | #826 |
| 1906 | 104 | — | #339 | #1,024 |
| 1905 | 97 | — | #351 | #1,119 |
| 1904 | 98 | — | #330 | — |
| 1903 | 77 | — | #389 | #743 |
| 1902 | 86 | — | #357 | #1,030 |
| 1901 | 61 | — | #378 | — |
| 1900 | 76 | — | #397 | #1,187 |
| 1899 | 65 | — | #361 | — |
| 1898 | 68 | — | #391 | #1,148 |
| 1897 | 49 | — | #455 | #860 |
| 1896 | 36 | — | #490 | — |
| 1895 | 54 | — | #404 | #996 |
| 1894 | 31 | — | #519 | — |
| 1893 | 30 | — | #503 | — |
| 1892 | 35 | — | #504 | #975 |
| 1891 | 30 | — | #526 | #861 |
| 1890 | 31 | — | #510 | #1,026 |
| 1889 | 30 | — | #443 | — |
| 1888 | 20 | — | #561 | — |
| 1887 | 15 | — | #590 | — |
| 1886 | 13 | — | #638 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #661 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #800 | #994 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #827 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #543 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #685 | — |