Karole — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karole

The Social Security Administration has registered 947 babies named Karole between 1932 and 2006, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karole currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karole performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karole 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 Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Karole in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karole 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 947 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.