Carola

Gender: Girl
Say it: KAR-oh-luh
Origin: Germanic
US rank, 2025: #10,913 for girls

Carola is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Carola mean?

Germanic: Latin feminine of Carolus (Charles), from Germanic karl

“free man”

A long-standing form of Caroline in Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands.

Is Carola a girl's or a boy's name?

Carola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carola in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Carola, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1961, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.

Half of all the girls named Carola in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

1894Busiest: 29 in 19612025

Carola in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	8	#10,913
2024	9	#10,266
2023	8	#11,164
2022	8	#11,225
2021	7	#12,201
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	5	#15,898
2016	0	–
2015	5	#16,413
2014	5	#16,507
2013	8	#11,964
2012	9	#11,251
2011	7	#13,339
2010	0	–
2009	0	–
2008	6	#15,399
2007	8	#12,671
2006	8	#12,415
2005	8	#11,828
2004	8	#11,617
2003	0	–
2002	10	#9,476
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	6	#12,681
1998	0	–
1997	0	–
1996	0	–
1995	8	#9,548
1994	5	#13,423
1993	0	–
1992	0	–
1991	6	#11,501
1990	8	#9,241
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	5	#11,320
1986	6	#9,540
1985	5	#10,672
1984	8	#7,396
1983	5	#10,272
1982	7	#8,222
1981	7	#8,126
1980	7	#8,177
1979	8	#7,311
1978	8	#6,946
1977	5	#9,650
1976	8	#6,609
1975	6	#7,982
1974	13	#4,458
1973	8	#6,078
1972	6	#7,290
1971	12	#4,532
1970	9	#5,412
1969	11	#4,417
1968	17	#3,168
1967	9	#4,624
1966	16	#3,147
1965	12	#3,732
1964	17	#3,107
1963	17	#3,065
1962	13	#3,591
1961	29	#2,196
1960	16	#3,094
1959	13	#3,435
1958	16	#2,971
1957	16	#2,925
1956	18	#2,724
1955	18	#2,634
1954	16	#2,778
1953	19	#2,430
1952	10	#3,551
1951	25	#1,967
1950	18	#2,340
1949	12	#2,998
1948	10	#3,349
1947	15	#2,636
1946	25	#1,807
1945	27	#1,587
1944	15	#2,286
1943	12	#2,694
1942	12	#2,665
1941	12	#2,531
1940	18	#1,899
1939	9	#2,920
1938	17	#1,945
1937	13	#2,317
1936	15	#2,032
1935	18	#1,845
1934	10	#2,740
1933	9	#2,867
1932	11	#2,642
1931	8	#3,224
1930	10	#2,844
1929	0	–
1928	8	#3,434
1927	11	#2,858
1926	12	#2,707
1925	12	#2,777
1924	5	#5,059
1923	15	#2,366
1922	13	#2,611
1921	13	#2,633
1920	13	#2,590
1919	5	#4,812
1918	17	#2,101
1917	12	#2,551
1916	20	#1,739
1915	12	#2,383
1914	11	#2,125
1913	13	#1,670
1912	6	#2,632
1911	6	#2,191
1910	6	#2,140
1909	7	#1,763
1908	6	#1,862
1907	5	#2,060
1906	0	–
1905	5	#1,930
1904	6	#1,658
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	5	#1,931
1899	5	#1,595
1898	5	#1,699
1897	5	#1,554
1896	0	–
1895	5	#1,592
1894	9	#1,061