Caroline
#96 for girls in 2025, 2,646 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #10,717
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 4,294 births
- Debut · girls
- 306 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 250,410since 1880
Caroline over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #96 | 2,646 | — | |
| 2024 | #92 | 2,730 | — | |
| 2023 | #83 | 2,868 | — | |
| 2022 | #77 | 3,030 | — | |
| 2021 | #80 | 3,204 | — | |
| 2020 | #71 | 3,364 | — | |
| 2019 | #61 | 3,920 | — | |
| 2018 | #56 | 4,167 | — | |
| 2017 | #55 | 4,294 | — | |
| 2016 | #56 | 4,437 | — | |
| 2015 | #62 | 4,333 | — | |
| 2014 | #59 | 4,348 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #63 | 3,983 | — | |
| 2012 | #80 | 3,421 | — | |
| 2011 | #87 | 3,370 | — | |
| 2010 | #88 | 3,360 | — | |
| 2009 | #87 | 3,624 | — | |
| 2008 | #94 | 3,545 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #99 | 3,409 | — | |
| 2006 | #89 | 3,791 | — | |
| 2005 | #83 | 3,974 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #74 | 4,379 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #68 | 4,585 | — | |
| 2002 | #67 | 4,657 | — | |
| 2001 | #62 | 4,864 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #65 | 5,022 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #71 | 4,474 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #75 | 4,276 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #75 | 4,439 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #78 | 4,466 | — | |
| 1995 | #92 | 3,799 | — | |
| 1994 | #94 | 3,452 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #105 | 3,083 | — | |
| 1992 | #105 | 3,176 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #116 | 2,843 | — | |
| 1990 | #116 | 2,819 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #113 | 2,661 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #122 | 2,326 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #135 | 2,047 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #157 | 1,802 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #164 | 1,751 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #167 | 1,633 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #183 | 1,482 | — | |
| 1982 | #178 | 1,537 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #193 | 1,391 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #200 | 1,313 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #198 | 1,354 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #200 | 1,308 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #210 | 1,204 | — | |
| 1976 | #197 | 1,224 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #198 | 1,232 | — | |
| 1974 | #212 | 1,196 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #229 | 1,112 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #251 | 1,071 | — | |
| 1971 | #241 | 1,215 | — | |
| 1970 | #229 | 1,371 | — | |
| 1969 | #224 | 1,352 | — | |
| 1968 | #215 | 1,411 | — | |
| 1967 | #210 | 1,449 | — | |
| 1966 | #202 | 1,551 | — | |
| 1965 | #187 | 1,815 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #179 | 2,106 | — | |
| 1963 | #208 | 1,689 | — | |
| 1962 | #186 | 1,989 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #176 | 2,198 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #254 | 1,210 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #274 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1958 | #282 | 990 | — | |
| 1957 | #253 | 1,137 | — | |
| 1956 | #329 | 702 | — | |
| 1955 | #315 | 742 | — | |
| 1954 | #302 | 771 | — | |
| 1953 | #280 | 885 | — | |
| 1952 | #263 | 916 | — | |
| 1951 | #254 | 919 | — | |
| 1950 | #257 | 879 | — | |
| 1949 | #235 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1948 | #226 | 1,080 | — | |
| 1947 | #220 | 1,150 | — | |
| 1946 | #214 | 1,091 | — | |
| 1945 | #197 | 1,013 | — | |
| 1944 | #178 | 1,213 | — | |
| 1943 | #171 | 1,353 | — | |
| 1942 | #168 | 1,390 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #174 | 1,173 | — | |
| 1940 | #172 | 1,161 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #186 | 1,005 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #181 | 1,115 | — | |
| 1937 | #181 | 1,094 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #177 | 1,075 | — | |
| 1935 | #178 | 1,048 | — | |
| 1934 | #174 | 1,069 | — | |
| 1933 | #173 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1932 | #174 | 1,103 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #165 | 1,125 | — | |
| 1930 | #172 | 1,160 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #171 | 1,192 | — | |
| 1928 | #175 | 1,189 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #179 | 1,167 | — | |
| 1926 | #174 | 1,217 | — | |
| 1925 | #185 | 1,193 | — | |
| 1924 | #175 | 1,302 | — | |
| 1923 | #173 | 1,304 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #176 | 1,269 | — | |
| 1921 | #162 | 1,425 | — | |
| 1920 | #159 | 1,436 | — | |
| 1919 | #169 | 1,296 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #154 | 1,458 | — | |
| 1917 | #152 | 1,368 | — | |
| 1916 | #144 | 1,385 | — | |
| 1915 | #137 | 1,402 | — | |
| 1914 | #148 | 989 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #149 | 805 | — | |
| 1912 | #139 | 785 | — | |
| 1911 | #146 | 550 | — | |
| 1910 | #146 | 553 | — | |
| 1909 | #157 | 443 | — | |
| 1908 | #150 | 449 | — | |
| 1907 | #151 | 437 | — | |
| 1906 | #144 | 409 | — | |
| 1905 | #146 | 407 | — | |
| 1904 | #136 | 429 | — | |
| 1903 | #141 | 389 | — | |
| 1902 | #126 | 452 | — | |
| 1901 | #125 | 406 | — | |
| 1900 | #135 | 455 | — | |
| 1899 | #124 | 393 | — | |
| 1898 | #122 | 441 | — | |
| 1897 | #112 | 456 | — | |
| 1896 | #110 | 437 | — | |
| 1895 | #105 | 484 | — | |
| 1894 | #103 | 473 | — | |
| 1893 | #99 | 483 | — | |
| 1892 | #100 | 476 | — | |
| 1891 | #100 | 402 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #94 | 455 | — | |
| 1889 | #84 | 491 | — | |
| 1888 | #89 | 458 | — | |
| 1887 | #84 | 398 | — | |
| 1886 | #91 | 370 | — | |
| 1885 | #78 | 399 | — | |
| 1884 | #78 | 380 | — | |
| 1883 | #86 | 321 | — | |
| 1882 | #85 | 304 | — | |
| 1881 | #73 | 316 | — | |
| 1880 | #75 | 306 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Caroline was already there! It came in at #75, and was given to 306 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 400 girls a year got the name.
Where Caroline is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#94 · 1 in 351
- South Carolina#109 · 1 in 459
- Massachusetts#113 · 1 in 504
- North Carolina#120 · 1 in 583
- Delaware#132 · 1 in 509
Best ever in a state: #5 in District of Columbia, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #94 | 16 | 1 in 351 |
| South Carolina | #109 | 39 | 1 in 459 |
| Massachusetts | #113 | 62 | 1 in 504 |
| North Carolina | #120 | 57 | 1 in 583 |
| Delaware | #132 | 6 | 1 in 509 |
| Virginia | #140 | 43 | 1 in 693 |
| Maryland | #142 | 30 | 1 in 673 |
| New York | #154 | 125 | 1 in 799 |
| Connecticut | #156 | 19 | 1 in 784 |
| Illinois | #157 | 91 | 1 in 849 |
| Nevada | #164 | 6 | 1 in 695 |
| Georgia | #168 | 41 | 1 in 861 |
| Rhode Island | #169 | 6 | 1 in 757 |
| New Jersey | #174 | 41 | 1 in 907 |
| Tennessee | #192 | 27 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Florida | #194 | 47 | 1 in 1,098 |
| Missouri | #201 | 29 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Louisiana | #204 | 30 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Hawaii | #209 | 7 | 1 in 719 |
| New Mexico | #209 | 11 | 1 in 848 |
| Maine | #213 | 5 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Alabama | #223 | 19 | 1 in 1,210 |
| California | #229 | 148 | 1 in 1,174 |
| Ohio | #229 | 50 | 1 in 1,466 |
| Wisconsin | #231 | 21 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Mississippi | #237 | 14 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Nebraska | #238 | 8 | 1 in 1,345 |
| Colorado | #240 | 16 | 1 in 1,231 |
| Minnesota | #247 | 18 | 1 in 1,619 |
| Michigan | #256 | 36 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Pennsylvania | #259 | 41 | 1 in 1,682 |
| West Virginia | #262 | 7 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Indiana | #268 | 20 | 1 in 1,850 |
| Washington | #270 | 17 | 1 in 1,579 |
| Texas | #277 | 83 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Utah | #292 | 10 | 1 in 1,646 |
| Kentucky | #332 | 10 | 1 in 2,486 |
| Iowa | #337 | 8 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Oregon | #396 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Arkansas | #412 | 5 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Arizona | #471 | 7 | 1 in 2,754 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Caroline
- 4 spots since 2024 (#92 → #96)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#71 → #96)
- 34 spots since 2015 (#62 → #96)
- Biggest jump: 78 spots in 1961 (#254 → #176)
- Biggest drop: 29 spots in 1958 (#253 → #282)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2017 at #55 (4,294 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 291 girls born in 1881 were named Caroline (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 607 girls born in 2025 (0.16%)
- Its best rank, #55 in 2017, was only 1 in 402 (0.25%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.7% of all girls named Caroline (41,850) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,743 | #73 (1881) | #82 |
| 1890s | 4,500 | #94 (1890) | #107 |
| 1900s | 4,276 | #125 (1901) | #141 |
| 1910s | 10,591 | #137 (1915) | #148 |
| 1920s | 12,694 | #159 (1920) | #173 |
| 1930s | 10,844 | #165 (1931) | #176 |
| 1940s | 11,625 | #168 (1942) | #196 |
| 1950s | 8,985 | #253 (1957) | #281 |
| 1960s | 16,770 | #176 (1961) | #204 |
| 1970s | 12,287 | #197 (1976) | #217 |
| 1980s | 17,943 | #113 (1989) | #161 |
| 1990s | 36,827 | #71 (1999) | #93 |
| 2000s | 41,850 | #62 (2001) | #79 |
| 2010s | 39,633 | #55 (2017) | #67 |
| 2020s | 17,842 | #71 (2020) | #83 |
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.
Caroline in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,265 of them was named Caroline, which outranked 98.4% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 356,790 of them was named Caroline, which outranked 14.3% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,043 names at #6,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.