Caroline
Caroline is ranked 92nd among girls in 2024 (2,720 births). Its best rank was 55th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #92down 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,7200.17% of girls
- Peak year
- 20005,022 births
- Best rank
- #55in 2017
- Since 1880
- 247,746people given the name
The story in the numbers
247,746 girls have been named Caroline in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 5,022 births — 0.28% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 59 → 92).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 2000s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 45 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Caroline | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,743 | |
| 1890s | 4,500 | |
| 1900s | 4,276 | |
| 1910s | 10,591 | |
| 1920s | 12,694 | |
| 1930s | 10,844 | |
| 1940s | 11,625 | |
| 1950s | 8,985 | |
| 1960s | 16,773 | |
| 1970s | 12,287 | |
| 1980s | 17,944 | |
| 1990s | 36,827 | |
| 2000s | 41,846 | |
| 2010s | 39,630 | |
| 2020s | 15,181 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Caroline was the 65th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Caroline
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Magdalenapeak 2007
- Coralpeak 2004
- Emiliepeak 2003
- Lydiapeak 2014
- Delilapeak 2008
- Clarepeak 1998
- Sabinapeak 2005
- Calliepeak 2014
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.