Carolina
#405 for girls in 2025, 769 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 1,270 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 47,971since 1880
Carolina over time
Rank among girls' names. Carolina has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #405 | 769 | — | |
| 2024 | #429 | 718 | — | |
| 2023 | #420 | 730 | — | |
| 2022 | #477 | 664 | — | |
| 2021 | #511 | 609 | — | |
| 2020 | #450 | 684 | — | |
| 2019 | #414 | 756 | — | |
| 2018 | #420 | 740 | — | |
| 2017 | #439 | 722 | — | |
| 2016 | #421 | 775 | — | |
| 2015 | #432 | 732 | — | |
| 2014 | #407 | 788 | — | |
| 2013 | #428 | 712 | — | |
| 2012 | #432 | 723 | — | |
| 2011 | #430 | 729 | — | |
| 2010 | #389 | 822 | — | |
| 2009 | #387 | 828 | — | |
| 2008 | #357 | 925 | — | |
| 2007 | #329 | 1,020 | — | |
| 2006 | #280 | 1,196 | — | |
| 2005 | #291 | 1,133 | — | |
| 2004 | #254 | 1,270 | — | |
| 2003 | #262 | 1,216 | — | |
| 2002 | #289 | 1,074 | — | |
| 2001 | #265 | 1,207 | — | |
| 2000 | #267 | 1,204 | — | |
| 1999 | #298 | 1,036 | — | |
| 1998 | #299 | 1,011 | — | |
| 1997 | #272 | 1,073 | — | |
| 1996 | #275 | 1,054 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #279 | 989 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #268 | 1,049 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #292 | 949 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #304 | 917 | — | |
| 1991 | #314 | 860 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #302 | 910 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #320 | 794 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #434 | 524 | — | |
| 1987 | #458 | 481 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #461 | 466 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #504 | 404 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #515 | 377 | — | |
| 1983 | #473 | 422 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #507 | 398 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #484 | 435 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #467 | 455 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #463 | 436 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #486 | 399 | — | |
| 1977 | #624 | 269 | — | |
| 1976 | #627 | 248 | — | |
| 1975 | #633 | 247 | — | |
| 1974 | #722 | 199 | — | |
| 1973 | #655 | 227 | — | |
| 1972 | #812 | 166 | — | |
| 1971 | #769 | 189 | — | |
| 1970 | #718 | 213 | — | |
| 1969 | #774 | 173 | — | |
| 1968 | #716 | 185 | — | |
| 1967 | #779 | 161 | — | |
| 1966 | #705 | 193 | — | |
| 1965 | #704 | 194 | — | |
| 1964 | #677 | 227 | — | |
| 1963 | #787 | 173 | — | |
| 1962 | #794 | 172 | — | |
| 1961 | #815 | 166 | — | |
| 1960 | #865 | 143 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,059 | 101 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,012 | 105 | — | |
| 1957 | #903 | 127 | — | |
| 1956 | #977 | 107 | — | |
| 1955 | #984 | 103 | — | |
| 1954 | #921 | 109 | — | |
| 1953 | #826 | 126 | — | |
| 1952 | #887 | 108 | — | |
| 1951 | #840 | 113 | — | |
| 1950 | #869 | 104 | — | |
| 1949 | #813 | 115 | — | |
| 1948 | #810 | 114 | — | |
| 1947 | #759 | 128 | — | |
| 1946 | #748 | 119 | — | |
| 1945 | #697 | 114 | — | |
| 1944 | #663 | 124 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #662 | 131 | — | |
| 1942 | #853 | 81 | — | |
| 1941 | #707 | 98 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #802 | 78 | — | |
| 1939 | #698 | 95 | — | |
| 1938 | #682 | 101 | — | |
| 1937 | #657 | 107 | — | |
| 1936 | #686 | 94 | — | |
| 1935 | #675 | 97 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #656 | 104 | — | |
| 1933 | #597 | 117 | — | |
| 1932 | #633 | 112 | — | |
| 1931 | #631 | 110 | — | |
| 1930 | #600 | 132 | — | |
| 1929 | #551 | 153 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #587 | 145 | — | |
| 1927 | #643 | 125 | — | |
| 1926 | #660 | 120 | — | |
| 1925 | #602 | 145 | — | |
| 1924 | #626 | 144 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #654 | 128 | — | |
| 1922 | #671 | 118 | — | |
| 1921 | #629 | 137 | — | |
| 1920 | #622 | 132 | — | |
| 1919 | #666 | 109 | — | |
| 1918 | #725 | 98 | — | |
| 1917 | #677 | 102 | — | |
| 1916 | #641 | 111 | — | |
| 1915 | #662 | 100 | — | |
| 1914 | #661 | 77 | — | |
| 1913 | #678 | 58 | — | |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 | — | |
| 1911 | #573 | 56 | — | |
| 1910 | #644 | 43 | — | |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | — | |
| 1908 | #557 | 45 | — | |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | — | |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #591 | 31 | — | |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | — | |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #576 | 28 | — | |
| 1895 | #493 | 35 | — | |
| 1894 | #487 | 34 | — | |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 | — | |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 | — | |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | — | |
| 1890 | #548 | 23 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #512 | 19 | — | |
| 1886 | #432 | 25 | — | |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #423 | 20 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Carolina was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
See more about Carolina
- 24 spots since 2024 (#429 → #405)
- 45 spots since 2020 (#450 → #405)
- 27 spots since 2015 (#432 → #405)
- Biggest jump: 304 spots in 1900 (#835 → #531)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1897 (#576 → #761)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2004 at #254 (1,270 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 1,446 girls born in 2004 were named Carolina (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,090 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 23.1% of all girls named Carolina (11,073) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 179 | #423 (1883) | #504 |
| 1890s | 249 | #487 (1894) | #602 |
| 1900s | 375 | #493 (1904) | #568 |
| 1910s | 817 | #573 (1911) | #655 |
| 1920s | 1,347 | #551 (1929) | #625 |
| 1930s | 1,069 | #597 (1933) | #652 |
| 1940s | 1,102 | #662 (1943) | #751 |
| 1950s | 1,103 | #826 (1953) | #928 |
| 1960s | 1,787 | #677 (1964) | #762 |
| 1970s | 2,593 | #463 (1979) | #651 |
| 1980s | 4,756 | #320 (1989) | #462 |
| 1990s | 9,848 | #268 (1994) | #290 |
| 2000s | 11,073 | #254 (2004) | #298 |
| 2010s | 7,499 | #389 (2010) | #421 |
| 2020s | 4,174 | #405 (2025) | #449 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carolina in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 8,673 of them was named Carolina, which outranked 89.4% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 226,548 of them was named Carolina, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 623 names at #4,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.