Caroline Girl
How popular is Caroline?
#96 girl name in 2025
2,646 baby girls were named Caroline in the US in 2025, making it the 96th most popular girl name.
Caroline popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #96 for girls (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,646 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #62 in 2015, #71 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (5,022 girls) |
| Highest rank | #55 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Caroline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Caroline family of names ranked #107 for girls in 2025 (#102 the year before), with 3,137 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline | 2,646 | 84% |
| Carolyn | 185 | 6% |
| Karoline | 119 | 4% |
| Carolynn | 45 | 1% |
| Caraline | 15 | 0% |
| Karolyn | 18 | 1% |
| Karaline | 14 | 0% |
| Karlyn | 17 | 1% |
| Carlyn | 12 | 0% |
| Carlynn | 5 | 0% |
| Carolyne | 9 | 0% |
| Karalynn | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Caroline is most popular
Babies named Caroline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 7.0 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- Alabama: 5.7 per 1,000 (536 girls)
- Mississippi: 4.9 per 1,000 (228 girls)
- Kentucky: 4.7 per 1,000 (399 girls)
- Tennessee: 4.4 per 1,000 (701 girls)
Caroline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,743 | #73 |
| 1890s | 4,500 | #94 |
| 1900s | 4,276 | #125 |
| 1910s | 10,591 | #137 |
| 1920s | 12,694 | #159 |
| 1930s | 10,844 | #165 |
| 1940s | 11,625 | #168 |
| 1950s | 8,985 | #253 |
| 1960s | 16,770 | #176 |
| 1970s | 12,287 | #197 |
| 1980s | 17,943 | #113 |
| 1990s | 36,827 | #71 |
| 2000s | 41,850 | #62 |
| 2010s | 39,633 | #55 |
| 2020s | 17,842 | #71 |
Girl names about as popular as Caroline
Questions
- Is Caroline a boy or girl name?
- Caroline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Caroline were girls.
- How popular is the name Caroline?
- 2,646 baby girls were named Caroline in the US in 2025, making it the 96th most popular girl name.
- When was Caroline most popular?
- Caroline peaked in 2000, when 5,022 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #55 in 2017.
- How many people are named Caroline?
- 250,719 babies have been named Caroline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 197,134 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Caroline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Caroline was most common in District of Columbia, at 7.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.