girls:
9.6k births since 1918
#1641 (71st percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1911
#3206 (30th percentile)
overall:
11k births since 1911
#2505 (68th percentile)
The name Karol is the #2,505 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,045 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 67.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,641 (71.3% percentile) for all time with 9,608 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #3,206 (30.1% percentile) for all time with 1,437 births since 1911.
Karol first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Karol is available in 111 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023 (103 years for girls and 96 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Karol has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.0% of babies named Karol were girls. Interestingly, until around 1931, the name was more popular for boys (72.3% boys from 1911 to 1930), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (88.7% girls from 1931 to 2023).
For girls, Karol reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 32.6% percentile (ranked #633) with 156 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 157 births per million (ranked 30.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Karol ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 22.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Karol reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 14.6% percentile (ranked #746) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 62 births per million (ranked 14.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Karol ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karol".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Karol. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.3% confident that Karol is pronounced as KEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ruhl, at 25.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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