Feminine dossier · first seen 1901

Carole

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carole
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1942

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

8,407

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1901Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

110,677

Carole is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 8,407 girls were named Carole.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 110,677 Americans have been named Carole and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1901.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1942

19428,407 girls named Carole

20240 (extinct) girls named Carole

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