Carola
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,170since 1894
Carola over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carola has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1894
The first year at least five girls were named Carola! It came in at #1,061, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
- 5,502 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1894 at #1,061 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,769
- Highest: 1 in 24,769 girls born in 1894 were named Carola (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 14.4% of all girls named Carola (169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 29 | #1,061 (1894) | #1,501 |
| 1900s | 34 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,868 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,670 (1913) | #2,435 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,366 (1923) | #3,005 |
| 1930s | 120 | #1,845 (1935) | #2,539 |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,588 (1945) | #2,446 |
| 1950s | 169 | #1,968 (1951) | #2,777 |
| 1960s | 157 | #2,197 (1961) | #3,415 |
| 1970s | 83 | #4,459 (1974) | #6,629 |
| 1980s | 50 | #7,398 (1984) | #9,219 |
| 1990s | 33 | #9,247 (1990) | #11,285 |
| 2000s | 48 | #9,482 (2002) | #12,240 |
| 2010s | 39 | #11,257 (2012) | #14,235 |
| 2020s | 40 | #10,271 (2024) | #11,159 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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