Carola — #10277 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carola

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,161 babies named Carola between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carola currently holds the #10277 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carola performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Carola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Carola in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carola in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,161 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.