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How popular is the name Carol?
Births per year, rank history and how many Carols are alive today.
Carol (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 3519th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1954, when around 8,900 babies were given the name, the 7th most popular that year. At least 18,000 babies have been named Carol in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Carol is one spelling of a name also recorded as Carole; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Carol you are most likely to meet is around 72 years old. Half of all Carols born in England and Wales are between 67 and 79, and there are at least 160,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 40% chance that at least one of them will be called Carol.
How many babies are named Carol each year?
Includes all spellings: Carol, Carole. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Carol spelling rank?
Where does the Carole spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Carol most popular?
Carol peaked in 1954, when around 8,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Carol?
At least 160,000 people named Carol in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Carol?
Most living Carols are between 67 and 79; the most common age is about 72.
Is Carol becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.