Karol

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karol: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karol: Recorded since 1968, it reached #75 in 1979, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
101times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#75highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2005	#1377
2006	#939
2007	#883
2008	#577
2009	#662
2010	#774
2011	#557
2012	#682
2013	#837
2014	#988
2015	#833
2016	#858
2017	#943
2018	#1040
2019	#974
2020	#1230
2021	#1860
2022	#2529
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 45 of the 54 years from 1968 to 2021.

In 2022: #572 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2529 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #544 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1979–2022
Highest recorded position: #75 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1979 (recorded 1979–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Karol appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 609 births with the name.

Karol across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Karol's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#544 (1968)	#150 (1983)	#436 (2021)	45 of 54	609 (1968–2021)	47 (1983)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#75 (1979)	#75 (1979)	#572 (2022)	21 of 44	393 (1979–2022)	110 (1979)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#557 (2011)	#4270 (2024)	21 of 28	602 (1997–2024)	63 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (1969)	#210 (1979)	#516 (1984)	6 of 16	46 (1969–1984)	25 (1979)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#265 (2005)	#261 (2011)	#398 (2014)	8 of 10	35 (2005–2014)	6 (2011)

Karol by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karol in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	2 of 10	6
1970s	78	6 of 10	13
1980sbusiest	308	10 of 10	31
1990s	110	9 of 10	12
2000s	45	8 of 10	6
2010s	46	8 of 10	6
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Karol appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #75 in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Karol's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#974	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#858	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#682	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#557	63	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#774	38	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#662	47	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#577	57	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#939	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#436	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#403	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#462	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#505	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#345	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#400	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#389	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#365	10	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#289	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#279	18	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#294	17	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#249	21	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#226	27	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#172	40	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#191	32	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#185	36	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#248	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#186	35	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#150	47	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#217	27	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#261	19	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#245	22	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#233	23	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#368	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#424	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#265	18	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#464	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#446	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#449	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	18	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	27	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	17	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	20	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	16	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	45	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	25	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	110	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1968 and 2024, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #75, first reached in 1979.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 110 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1969, and 37 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Karma · #1854, 25y
Karmen · #1854, 25y
Karolina · #114, 51y
Karoline · #5, 64y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jolene · #75, 46y
Caragh · #80, 47y
Mateusz · #80, 48y
Jody · #67, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aisha · #76, 52y
Ashling · #76, 53y
Carla · #74, 61y
Ine · #76, 63y

Karol was ranked #75 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1979. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Karol and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karol without appearing here.

Karol moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2859 and #1761 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #939 and #4052.
Graeme Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2859 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #939 and #2870.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1377 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #939 and #2538.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2859 and #1174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Karol

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #1609.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #943 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3688.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #2018.

Moved the opposite way to Karol

Aaron Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 while Aaron went from #104 to #62.
Adam Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 while Adam went from #106 to #22.
Alex Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 while Alex went from #292 to #24.
Alexander Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 while Alexander went from #150 to #40.

Moved the same way as Karol

Adrian Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 and Adrian from #51 to #225.
Alfred Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 and Alfred from #292 to #657.
Denis Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 and Denis from #53 to #178.
Derek Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Karol went from #75 to #572 and Derek from #31 to #509.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #75 in Republic of Ireland in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karol

Karol at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karol across 5 official records

Karol by decade in Norway · Boys

Karol appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Karol and the names beside it

Karol moved ahead of

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Karol at a glance

Karol across 5 official records

Karol by decade in Norway · Boys

Karol appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Karol

Karol and the names beside it

Karol moved ahead of

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