CAROL is ranked as the 22nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,531,204.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 480.22 people named CAROL for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named CAROL is 648,835.
The SSA data also shows that CAROL is used as a girl's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
CAROL is
82.0% White,
3.5% Hispanic origin,
11.1% Black,
1.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name CAROL have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name CAROL is included in the following name categories:
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Feminine given name
Spanish hypocoristics feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Romanian masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name CAROL
The state with the most people named
CAROL is
California where
128,494 people have this name.
South Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named CAROL, as
964.94 in every 100,000
South Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Illinois.
South Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
District of Columbia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name CAROL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
91,276
708.64
100.0%
Indiana
44,536
675.11
100.0%
Iowa
14,272
459.34
99.9%
Kansas
21,913
754.56
99.9%
Michigan
47,417
478.49
100.0%
Minnesota
28,407
520.55
99.9%
Missouri
10,942
365.46
99.8%
Nebraska
14,494
770.32
99.9%
North Dakota
6,449
872.13
99.9%
Ohio
95,412
822.93
100.0%
South Dakota
8,233
964.94
99.9%
Wisconsin
32,647
567.03
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name CAROL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
4,746
644.25
99.7%
Arizona
47,228
701.6
100.0%
California
128,494
331.15
100.0%
Colorado
37,656
703.07
100.0%
Hawaii
5,232
368.55
99.9%
Idaho
12,141
742.82
99.9%
Montana
9,115
890.53
99.9%
Nevada
16,380
576.94
99.9%
New Mexico
11,386
545.95
99.9%
Oregon
30,942
779.34
100.0%
Utah
18,484
628.1
99.9%
Washington
31,578
447.18
99.9%
Wyoming
4,560
780.6
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name CAROL
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have CAROL as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named CAROL.
The most popular full name is CAROL Smith.
0.85% of all the people named CAROL
have this family name.
There are 84622 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name CAROL