Karol Girl
How popular is Karol?
#3,388 girl name in 2025
45 baby girls were named Karol in the US in 2025, making it the 3388th most popular girl name.
Karol popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,388 for girls (▲ 307 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 45 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,685 in 2015, #2,931 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (316 girls) |
| Highest rank | #492 in 1944 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 13% boys, 87% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karol counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carol family of names ranked #1,292 for girls in 2025 (#1,510 the year before), with 136 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karol is most popular
Babies named Karol per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Karol by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1920s | 65 | #2,736 |
| 1930s | 569 | #648 |
| 1940s | 1,951 | #492 |
| 1950s | 2,215 | #564 |
| 1960s | 1,776 | #679 |
| 1970s | 488 | #1,168 |
| 1980s | 239 | #2,651 |
| 1990s | 350 | #2,794 |
| 2000s | 1,009 | #818 |
| 2010s | 714 | #1,629 |
| 2020s | 313 | #2,789 |
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Questions
- Is Karol a boy or girl name?
- Karol is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Karol were girls.
- How popular is the name Karol?
- 45 baby girls were named Karol in the US in 2025, making it the 3388th most popular girl name.
- When was Karol most popular?
- Karol peaked in 2005, when 316 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #492 in 1944.
- How many people are named Karol?
- 11,131 babies have been named Karol in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,838 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Karol most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karol was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.