Carole was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #35 in 1942 but is far less common today.
Carole is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #10,258 for girl births in the United States (and #17,407 across all names), given to 9 babies. Carole was first reported in SSA data in 1901 and peaked in 1942 (8,407 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #10,258 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #10,480 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | #12,401 | — |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #9,243 | — |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | #9,969 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | #11,866 | — |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | #9,534 | — |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | #10,287 | — |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #9,678 | — |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | #8,689 | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #15,346 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #17,287 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #10,577 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,510 | — |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #7,819 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #12,905 | — |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #7,217 | — |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #5,848 | — |
| 2004 | 20 | 20 | #6,019 | — |
| 2003 | 36 | 36 | #3,814 | — |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | #4,202 | — |
| 2001 | 26 | 26 | #4,587 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #4,816 | — |
| 1999 | 30 | 30 | #3,905 | — |
| 1998 | 29 | 29 | #3,934 | — |
| 1997 | 44 | — | #2,782 | — |
| 1996 | 48 | — | #2,594 | — |
| 1995 | 43 | — | #2,795 | — |
| 1994 | 56 | — | #2,325 | — |
| 1993 | 51 | — | #2,457 | — |
| 1992 | 48 | — | #2,579 | — |
| 1991 | 81 | — | #1,767 | — |
| 1990 | 92 | — | #1,621 | — |
| 1989 | 65 | — | #1,967 | — |
| 1988 | 87 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1987 | 90 | — | #1,448 | — |
| 1986 | 70 | — | #1,671 | — |
| 1985 | 94 | — | #1,374 | — |
| 1984 | 95 | — | #1,304 | — |
| 1983 | 108 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1982 | 100 | — | #1,279 | — |
| 1981 | 118 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1980 | 114 | — | #1,177 | — |
| 1979 | 128 | — | #1,075 | — |
| 1978 | 133 | — | #1,025 | — |
| 1977 | 150 | — | #932 | — |
| 1976 | 140 | — | #927 | — |
| 1975 | 189 | — | #754 | — |
| 1974 | 192 | — | #742 | — |
| 1973 | 219 | — | #684 | — |
| 1972 | 289 | — | #570 | — |
| 1971 | 347 | — | #528 | — |
| 1970 | 422 | — | #480 | — |
| 1969 | 532 | — | #414 | — |
| 1968 | 612 | — | #363 | — |
| 1967 | 703 | — | #329 | — |
| 1966 | 756 | — | #322 | — |
| 1965 | 897 | — | #299 | — |
| 1964 | 1,164 | — | #263 | — |
| 1963 | 1,152 | — | #260 | — |
| 1962 | 1,382 | — | #232 | — |
| 1961 | 1,686 | — | #205 | #3,400 |
| 1960 | 1,689 | — | #203 | — |
| 1959 | 1,416 | — | #223 | — |
| 1958 | 1,510 | — | #211 | — |
| 1957 | 1,610 | — | #207 | — |
| 1956 | 1,418 | — | #214 | — |
| 1955 | 1,426 | — | #213 | — |
| 1954 | 1,507 | — | #203 | — |
| 1953 | 1,635 | — | #188 | — |
| 1952 | 1,836 | — | #170 | — |
| 1951 | 1,959 | — | #159 | — |
| 1950 | 2,218 | — | #140 | — |
| 1949 | 2,764 | — | #118 | — |
| 1948 | 3,320 | — | #106 | #3,042 |
| 1947 | 3,833 | — | #102 | #3,124 |
| 1946 | 4,635 | — | #72 | #1,961 |
| 1945 | 4,853 | — | #51 | #2,149 |
| 1944 | 6,285 | — | #43 | #1,688 |
| 1943 | 6,534 | — | #42 | #1,315 |
| 1942 | 8,440 | — | #35 | #1,217 |
| 1941 | 4,987 | — | #48 | #1,493 |
| 1940 | 4,813 | — | #49 | #1,406 |
| 1939 | 4,692 | — | #47 | #1,970 |
| 1938 | 4,628 | — | #46 | #2,095 |
| 1937 | 4,217 | — | #56 | #1,584 |
| 1936 | 3,210 | — | #73 | #2,199 |
| 1935 | 2,694 | — | #93 | #1,944 |
| 1934 | 2,664 | — | #89 | #2,589 |
| 1933 | 2,161 | — | #107 | #2,114 |
| 1932 | 1,323 | — | #151 | #3,421 |
| 1931 | 850 | — | #212 | — |
| 1930 | 425 | — | #321 | — |
| 1929 | 326 | — | #373 | — |
| 1928 | 250 | — | #428 | — |
| 1927 | 213 | — | #477 | — |
| 1926 | 204 | — | #488 | — |
| 1925 | 218 | — | #466 | — |
| 1924 | 204 | — | #487 | — |
| 1923 | 184 | — | #518 | — |
| 1922 | 159 | — | #569 | — |
| 1921 | 143 | — | #608 | — |
| 1920 | 103 | — | #715 | — |
| 1919 | 82 | — | #779 | — |
| 1918 | 92 | — | #743 | — |
| 1917 | 82 | — | #763 | — |
| 1916 | 67 | — | #825 | — |
| 1915 | 50 | — | #935 | — |
| 1914 | 44 | — | #879 | — |
| 1913 | 31 | — | #962 | — |
| 1912 | 25 | — | #1,034 | — |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,556 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,651 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #1,159 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,716 | — |