Carole

girls:

110.7k births since 1901

#340 (94th percentile)

boys:

264 births since 1932

#4322 (6th percentile)

overall:

110.9k births since 1901

#629 (92nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carole".

1901 2023 19012023

Key Statistics

Total Births
110,677
Peak Births
8,407
Peak Year
1942
First Recorded
1901
Peak Percentile
94.5%
Current Percentile
0.4%
Peak Rank
#35
Current Rank
#943
Female statistics
Total Births
264
Peak Births
33
Peak Year
1942
First Recorded
1932
Peak Percentile
5.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#507
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Carole

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Carole. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 51.9% confident that Carole is pronounced as KEH-ruhl. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-ruhl, at 24.1% confidence.

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KEH-rohl (2 syllables)
14.8% confidence
K EH1 R OW0 L
KA-rohl (2 syllables)
9.3% confidence
K AE1 R OW0 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Carole. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Carole, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KEH-rihl (2 syllables)
10 names 9.1k births
K EH1 R IH0 L
KA-rihl (2 syllables)
6 names 6.9k births
K AE1 R IH0 L

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K EH1 R AH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.