girls:
947 births since 1932
#4769 (17th percentile)
overall:
947 births since 1932
#6792 (12th percentile)
The name Karole is the #6,792 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 947 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,769 (16.5% percentile) for all time with 947 births since 1932.
Karole first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (first recorded for girls in 1932). Birth data for Karole is available in 56 out of the 75 years between 1932 and 2006. 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.
For girls, Karole reached its peak popularity in 1945, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #582) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karole".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Karole. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Karole is pronounced as KEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-rohl, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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