Carole

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Carole: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #162, and it was last ranked in 2006.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#162highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2006

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2006	#5061

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 32 years from 1964 to 1995.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2006 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #162 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1995
Highest recorded position: #162 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #5061 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006.
England and Wales · Girls

Carole appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 278 births with the name.

Carole across 2 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.

Carole'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#162 (1964)	#162 (1964)	#451 (1995)	29 of 32	278 (1964–1995)	23 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#5061 (2006)	6 of 11	21 (1996–2006)	5 (1996)

Carole by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Carole in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	66	6 of 10	11
1970s	108	10 of 10	11
1980s	92	10 of 10	9
1990s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Carole 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #162 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Carole'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
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	10	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	16	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	9	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	23	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2006, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #162, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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Carolina · #302, 57y
Caroline · #3, 69y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Ayah · #162, 30y
Juni · #162, 34y
Elna · #164, 35y
Janusz · #160, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Edwina · #162, 53y
Dervla · #161, 49y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Marguerite · #161, 58y

Carole was ranked #162 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Carole 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 Carole without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Carole

Ida Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #2738.
Logan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #2738.
Shea Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #2738.
Amy Compare
In 1974 they stood at #249 and #264 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1975 that had become #406 and #180.

Moved the opposite way to Carole

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 while Aisling went from #154 to #15.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 while Alexandra went from #222 to #128.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 while Alison went from #146 to #44.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 while Amanda went from #118 to #70.

Moved the same way as Carole

Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 and Angela from #24 to #167.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 and Ann from #4 to #83.
Anne Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 and Anne from #5 to #77.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carole went from #162 to #451 and Audrey from #85 to #310.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #162 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Carole

Carole at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carole across 2 official records

Carole by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carole appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Carole and the names beside it

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Carole at a glance

Carole across 2 official records

Carole by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carole appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Carole

Carole and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Carole

Moved the opposite way to Carole

Moved the same way as Carole