Carole
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Carole is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Carole mean?
French
A female given name from French, variant of Carol
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Carole a girl's or a boy's name?
Carole is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carole in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 girls.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#27), 1954 (#44) and 1964 (#68).
Carole in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Carole in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Carole, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 8,407 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
Half of all the girls named Carole in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carole in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,613 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,960 |
| 1988 | 87 | #1,532 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,445 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 94 | #1,372 |
| 1984 | 95 | #1,303 |
| 1983 | 108 | #1,194 |
| 1982 | 100 | #1,277 |
| 1981 | 118 | #1,148 |
| 1980 | 114 | #1,176 |
| 1979 | 128 | #1,074 |
| 1978 | 133 | #1,025 |
| 1977 | 150 | #932 |
| 1976 | 140 | #924 |
| 1975 | 189 | #754 |
| 1974 | 192 | #741 |
| 1973 | 219 | #682 |
| 1972 | 289 | #569 |
| 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 | 1,679 | #205 |
| 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 | 3,313 | #106 |
| 1947 | 3,826 | #102 |
| 1946 | 4,621 | #72 |
| 1945 | 4,842 | #51 |
| 1944 | 6,268 | #43 |
| 1943 | 6,506 | #42 |
| 1942 | 8,407 | #35 |
| 1941 | 4,966 | #48 |
| 1940 | 4,790 | #49 |
| 1939 | 4,679 | #47 |
| 1938 | 4,616 | #46 |
| 1937 | 4,198 | #56 |
| 1936 | 3,199 | #73 |
| 1935 | 2,680 | #93 |
| 1934 | 2,655 | #89 |
| 1933 | 2,149 | #107 |
| 1932 | 1,317 | #151 |
| 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 | #778 |
| 1918 | 92 | #743 |
| 1917 | 82 | #762 |
| 1916 | 67 | #824 |
| 1915 | 50 | #934 |
| 1914 | 44 | #878 |
| 1913 | 31 | #961 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
Names like Carole
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte Connie Constance Alice Billie Bonnie Catherine Christine Florence Michelle Charlene Elaine
Names related to Carole
Charlie Carla Charley Carly Coral Coralie Charlee Carol Carlee Carley
More French names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carole: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carole, updated 20 October 2026.