COMPILED FROM THE FEDERAL REGISTERS, 1880 TO THE PRESENT
THE ENDANGERED NAMES LIST
American first names, tracked to the federal reporting line.

FROM THE REGISTER — CRITICALLY LOW

Carole
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 9 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Carole (F): reported births per year02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 8,407 — 1942
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The Lombard spelling. The record holds 110,688 of them, 8,407 in 1942 alone. In 2025 there were 9. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all. It has been under before — 1902 through 1908 — and climbed out.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1901
Last reported2025 — 9 births
Peak1942 — 8,407 births
Total recorded, 1901–2025110,688
Years above the line115 of a possible 125
Longest absence7 years (1902–1908)

Nearby in the register

Sondra

Critically Low · 1912–2025 · peak 1942

Phyllis

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1947

Jimmie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1934

Kim

Critically Low · 1912–2025 · peak 1955

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national names file (1880–2025). Names below 5 occurrences in a year are not reported.

Somewhere, a grandmother is unsurprised.

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