Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Carole

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Free man
French

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Carole

Pronunciation

c(a)-ro-le

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1942 (rank #1214, 33 births); most recent 1961 (rank #3351, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1942 (rank #35, 8,408 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10107, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–9
2024––
2023–9
2022––
2021––
2020–7
2019–11
2018–10
2017–8
2016–11

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #2683, 5 births); most recent 2006 (rank #5051, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1970 (rank #15, 6,220 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3350, 7 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20227
2021–
20203
20195
20184
20174
201614
20157
201413

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1964 (rank #162, 23 births); most recent 1995 (rank #451, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #114, 55 births); most recent 1993 (rank #547, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1943 (rank #20, 74 births); most recent 1972 (rank #339, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence