The baby name Carol appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1947 with 39,731 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Carol has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 174 |
| 1911 | 157 |
| 1912 | 315 |
| 1913 | 369 |
| 1914 | 488 |
| 1914 | 22 |
| 1915 | 660 |
| 1915 | 17 |
| 1916 | 966 |
| 1916 | 68 |
| 1917 | 953 |
| 1917 | 33 |
| 1918 | 1,232 |
| 1918 | 53 |
| 1919 | 1,174 |
| 1919 | 19 |
| 1920 | 1,374 |
| 1920 | 80 |
| 1921 | 1,695 |
| 1921 | 105 |
| 1922 | 1,800 |
| 1922 | 131 |
| 1923 | 2,465 |
| 1923 | 45 |
| 1924 | 2,948 |
| 1924 | 105 |
| 1925 | 3,265 |
| 1925 | 129 |
| 1926 | 3,542 |
| 1926 | 196 |
| 1927 | 3,869 |
| 1927 | 277 |
| 1928 | 4,904 |
| 1928 | 218 |
| 1929 | 6,236 |
| 1929 | 266 |
| 1930 | 6,684 |
| 1930 | 280 |
| 1931 | 6,489 |
| 1931 | 281 |
| 1932 | 8,835 |
| 1932 | 261 |
| 1933 | 11,093 |
| 1933 | 280 |
| 1934 | 12,737 |
| 1934 | 256 |
| 1935 | 13,725 |
| 1935 | 211 |
| 1936 | 17,624 |
| 1936 | 333 |
| 1937 | 21,057 |
| 1937 | 341 |
| 1938 | 23,618 |
| 1938 | 304 |
| 1939 | 23,371 |
| 1939 | 305 |
| 1940 | 25,624 |
| 1940 | 318 |
| 1941 | 27,304 |
| 1941 | 237 |
| 1942 | 33,579 |
| 1942 | 244 |
| 1943 | 38,255 |
| 1943 | 245 |
| 1944 | 33,741 |
| 1944 | 175 |
| 1945 | 33,581 |
| 1945 | 169 |
| 1946 | 38,375 |
| 1946 | 147 |
| 1947 | 39,731 |
| 1947 | 159 |
| 1948 | 34,652 |
| 1948 | 70 |
| 1949 | 32,233 |
| 1949 | 117 |
| 1950 | 32,929 |
| 1950 | 94 |
| 1951 | 31,976 |
| 1951 | 44 |
| 1952 | 31,524 |
| 1952 | 64 |
| 1953 | 29,000 |
| 1953 | 34 |
| 1954 | 27,118 |
| 1954 | 55 |
| 1955 | 26,527 |
| 1955 | 31 |
| 1956 | 26,325 |
| 1956 | 37 |
| 1957 | 25,601 |
| 1957 | 24 |
| 1958 | 24,864 |
| 1958 | 27 |
| 1959 | 23,103 |
| 1959 | 22 |
| 1960 | 22,766 |
| 1960 | 34 |
| 1961 | 21,803 |
| 1961 | 27 |
| 1962 | 18,510 |
| 1962 | 46 |
| 1963 | 14,002 |
| 1963 | 10 |
| 1964 | 14,127 |
| 1964 | 25 |
| 1965 | 11,910 |
| 1965 | 31 |
| 1966 | 9,749 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1967 | 8,846 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 8,654 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 7,412 |
| 1970 | 6,159 |
| 1971 | 4,750 |
| 1972 | 3,666 |
| 1973 | 2,888 |
| 1974 | 2,364 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1975 | 2,076 |
| 1976 | 1,688 |
| 1977 | 1,629 |
| 1978 | 1,558 |
| 1979 | 1,347 |
| 1980 | 1,313 |
| 1980 | 5 |
| 1981 | 1,093 |
| 1982 | 1,009 |
| 1983 | 1,010 |
| 1984 | 969 |
| 1985 | 902 |
| 1986 | 862 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 868 |
| 1988 | 871 |
| 1989 | 868 |
| 1990 | 666 |
| 1991 | 709 |
| 1992 | 556 |
| 1993 | 496 |
| 1994 | 487 |
| 1995 | 406 |
| 1996 | 338 |
| 1997 | 326 |
| 1998 | 304 |
| 1999 | 252 |
| 2000 | 213 |
| 2001 | 244 |
| 2002 | 167 |
| 2003 | 188 |
| 2004 | 241 |
| 2005 | 357 |
| 2006 | 202 |
| 2007 | 218 |
| 2008 | 136 |
| 2009 | 101 |
| 2010 | 89 |
| 2011 | 122 |
| 2012 | 95 |
| 2013 | 43 |
| 2014 | 78 |
| 2015 | 86 |
| 2016 | 92 |
| 2017 | 94 |
| 2018 | 32 |
| 2019 | 37 |
| 2020 | 32 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 47 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 20 |