Carolyne

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
1942 · 108 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,587
since 1882

Carolyne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carolyne has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #717, 1942girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#13,4776
2023#8,05513
2022#9,68010
2021#11,1468
2020#7,55914
2019#6,17619
2018#6,24819
2017#5,19125
2016#5,62223
2015#4,58430
2014#4,45532
2013#6,01721
2012#6,87218
2011#5,54324
2010#6,64119
2009#6,81119
2008#5,01329
2007#4,80830
2006#3,99237
2005#4,26732
2004#4,28732
2003#4,30730
2002#3,97832
2001#3,19843
2000#3,40439
1999#3,14841
1998#3,91429
1997#4,66022
1996#4,05926
1995#4,84620
1994#4,23824
1993#3,68129
1992#3,86627
1991#4,05925
1990#3,07836
1989#3,56628
1988#2,64640
1987#3,33127
1986#5,18814
1985#3,62123
1984#3,87420
1983#4,47616
1982#4,52716
1981#4,00519
1980#7,4188
1979#3,90319
1978#4,07917
1977#4,94213
1976#3,54019
1975#5,9849
1974#5,7769
1973#3,48118
1972#3,40418
1971#4,31113
1970#2,52229
1969#3,95813
1968#3,31516
1967#2,78120
1966#2,58622
1965#2,74420
1964#2,30628
1963#2,42425
1962#2,11331
1961#2,15030
1960#1,85537
1959#1,69542
1958#2,07329
1957#1,80836
1956#2,10327
1955#1,94030
1954#1,40951
1953#1,64836
1952#1,36850
1951#1,46241
1950#1,21258
1949#1,15462
1948#1,07068
1947#94288
1946#87490
1945#85078
1944#77497
1943#762103
1942#717108
1941#89467
1940#98952
1939#1,16039
1938#99251
1937#92056
1936#1,06243
1935#1,13538
1934#1,51824
1933#1,22434
1932#1,29332
1931#1,12740
1930#1,74821
1929#1,82520
1928#1,78422
1927#1,45631
1926#1,77223
1925#1,57628
1924#1,32837
1923#1,52029
1922#1,64626
1921#1,72325
1920#2,01519
1919#1,80121
1918#1,36032
1917#1,47026
1916#1,53324
1915#1,33928
1914#2,6388
1913#1,60114
1912#1,71911
1911#2,4635
1910#2,3985
1909#1,9576
1908#2,1015
1907#1,6397
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,9325
1899
1898
1897
1896#1,4166
1895#1,1239
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Carolyne! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carolyne
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 3,370 spots since 2024 (#13,477#10,107)
  • 2,548 spots since 2020 (#7,559#10,107)
  • 5,523 spots since 2015 (#4,584#10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1942 (#894#717)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1939 (#992#1,160)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1942 at #717 (108 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1940–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,507
  • Highest: 1 in 12,507 girls born in 1942 were named Carolyne (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 22.7% of all girls named Carolyne (813) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#908 (1882)#908
1890s15#1,123 (1895)#1,270
1900s33#1,639 (1907)#1,919
1910s174#1,339 (1915)#1,832
1920s260#1,328 (1924)#1,665
1930s378#920 (1937)#1,218
1940s813#717 (1942)#903
1950s400#1,212 (1950)#1,672
1960s242#1,855 (1960)#2,623
1970s164#2,522 (1970)#4,194
1980s211#2,646 (1988)#4,265
1990s279#3,078 (1990)#3,955
2000s323#3,198 (2001)#4,407
2010s230#4,455 (2014)#5,735
2020s60#7,559 (2020)#10,004

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.

Carolyne in 1951

girls
#1,462
41 births · 1 in 43,923 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #1,462Carolyne41
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 43,923 of them was named Carolyne, which outranked 76.5% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carolyne
  1. #1,450Marylee42
  2. #1,450Ray42
  3. #1,450Rebeca42
  4. #1,462Carolyne41
  5. #1,462Billye41
  6. #1,462Cary41
  7. #1,462Christopher41
  8. #1,481Amparo40
  9. #1,481Debroah40
  10. #1,481Deedee40

Tied with 18 names at #1,462; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951