Carold — boys' name
139 babies named Carold in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Carold was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Carold in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carold
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Carold between 1915 and 1953, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carold performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Carold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carold 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 139 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.
Carold at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carold popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1915
- Peak year (1925)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
139 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 9 births in a single year.
Carold by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 56 births that decade — 40% of Carold's all-time total
Carold decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Carold's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.