Girls' name · since 1942
Carolea
21 babies named Carolea in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,235 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Carolea since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Carolea has 21 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1945.
- #45,235 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1942
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carolea ranks #45,235 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1942, peaking in the 1940s.
- #45,235 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Carolea's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carolea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carolea splits its recorded history at 1944: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1945 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carolea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1945
- Peak year (1945)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Carolea by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (21 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Carolea's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Carolea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carolea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1945)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1945 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carolea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.