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Carol
Pronounced /ˈkæ.ɹəl/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1937 · #326
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:66 in 2024 (#2,645)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Carol in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1937 with 278 babies, ranked #326.
- It first shows up in the records in 1884.
- 8,656 boys have been named Carol since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Carol per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,803 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 4,249 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,854 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 459 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 207 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 38 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Shortened from Caroline. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun carol. ==== Proper noun ==== Carol (plural Carols) A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the middle of the 20th century. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations =====
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the middle of the 20th century.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈkæ.ɹəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Carol, CC BY-SA 4.0.