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Baby name
Carol
Girl
Origin of the name
Carol is a short form of Caroline, a feminine form of Charles. It is also linked to the word carol, a Christmas song.
Short-lived name
816,928births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 5rank at its peak, in 1946
Where babies named Carol are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Carol is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Carol is most common in South Dakota (1.8 times), North Dakota (1.8) and Rhode Island (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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