Carola
Carola is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196129 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1894
- 1,161people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,161 girls have been named Carola in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 29 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1950s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carola | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 29 | |
| 1900s | 34 | |
| 1910s | 108 | |
| 1920s | 102 | |
| 1930s | 120 | |
| 1940s | 158 | |
| 1950s | 169 | |
| 1960s | 157 | |
| 1970s | 82 | |
| 1980s | 50 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 48 | |
| 2010s | 39 | |
| 2020s | 32 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Carola was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Carola
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeannettapeak 1956
- Sylviapeak 1937
- Trevapeak 1962
- Margueritapeak 1961
- Annepeak 1959
- Freidapeak 1947
- Robbiepeak 1957
- Laurettepeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.