Carolyne
Carolyne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 717th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1942108 births
- Best rank
- #717in 1942
- Since 1882
- 3,578people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,578 girls have been named Carolyne in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 108 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 108 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1940s alone account for 23%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carolyne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 174 | |
| 1920s | 260 | |
| 1930s | 378 | |
| 1940s | 813 | |
| 1950s | 400 | |
| 1960s | 242 | |
| 1970s | 164 | |
| 1980s | 211 | |
| 1990s | 279 | |
| 2000s | 323 | |
| 2010s | 230 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Carolyne was the 717th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Carolyne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maryleepeak 1941
- Sherleypeak 1947
- Arleenpeak 1939
- Elidapeak 1946
- Dixiepeak 1938
- Priscillapeak 1942
- Maryannpeak 1943
- Ruthannepeak 1946
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.