Carolynn
#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 169 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,453since 1917
Carolynn over time
Rank among girls' names. Carolynn has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,389 | 45 |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 |
| 2015 | #3,346 | 48 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,368 | 48 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 |
| 1990 | #2,402 | 51 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,251 | 50 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 |
| 1984 | #1,788 | 60 |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 58 |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 56 |
| 1978 | #1,962 | 49 |
| 1977 | #1,774 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 |
| 1973 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,546 | 63 |
| 1970 | #1,407 | 74 |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 |
| 1968 | #1,196 | 82 |
| 1967 | #1,269 | 72 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 |
| 1964 | #1,311 | 73 |
| 1963 | #1,201 | 83 |
| 1962 | #1,064 | 103 |
| 1961 | #1,049 | 109 |
| 1960 | #1,301 | 71 |
| 1959 | #1,079 | 97 |
| 1958 | #1,120 | 89 |
| 1957 | #1,038 | 102 |
| 1956 | #1,076 | 91 |
| 1955 | #1,074 | 88 |
| 1954 | #926 | 108 |
| 1953 | #1,009 | 91 |
| 1952 | #825 | 122 |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 |
| 1950 | #850 | 108 |
| 1949 | #753 | 130 |
| 1948 | #708 | 139 |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 |
| 1946 | #621 | 163 |
| 1945 | #602 | 143 |
| 1944 | #568 | 165 |
| 1943 | #594 | 160 |
| 1942 | #568 | 169 |
| 1941 | #639 | 123 |
| 1940 | #669 | 107 |
| 1939 | #824 | 70 |
| 1938 | #846 | 70 |
| 1937 | #850 | 66 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Carolynn! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Carolynn is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#484 · 1 in 3,919
- Michigan#776 · 1 in 11,575
- Illinois#809 · 1 in 10,459
- New York#915 · 1 in 12,385
- California#1,337 · 1 in 19,225
Best ever in a state: #195 in Utah, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #484 | 6 | 1 in 3,919 |
| Michigan | #776 | 6 | 1 in 11,575 |
| Illinois | #809 | 8 | 1 in 10,459 |
| New York | #915 | 11 | 1 in 12,385 |
| California | #1,337 | 8 | 1 in 19,225 |
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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 Carolynn
- 369 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #3,389)
- 157 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #3,389)
- 43 spots since 2015 (#3,346 → #3,389)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1937 (#1,150 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1936 (#937 → #1,150)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1942 at #568 (169 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1937–1952
- Highest: 1 in 7,992 girls born in 1942 were named Carolynn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.7% of all girls named Carolynn (1,467) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 | #3,344 (1917) | #3,868 |
| 1920s | 96 | #1,704 (1929) | #3,077 |
| 1930s | 435 | #824 (1939) | #1,210 |
| 1940s | 1,467 | #568 (1942) | #636 |
| 1950s | 1,000 | #825 (1952) | #988 |
| 1960s | 792 | #1,049 (1961) | #1,249 |
| 1970s | 540 | #1,407 (1970) | #1,774 |
| 1980s | 519 | #1,754 (1981) | #2,100 |
| 1990s | 454 | #2,105 (1992) | #2,820 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,632 (2000) | #3,387 |
| 2010s | 440 | #2,936 (2013) | #3,593 |
| 2020s | 240 | #3,389 (2025) | #3,749 |
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.
Carolynn in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 20,005 of them was named Carolynn, which outranked 85.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,190Meg83
- #1,190Risa83
- #1,190Venita83
- #1,196Carolynn82
- #1,196Carlotta82
- #1,196Cherrie82
- #1,196Detra82
- #1,210Bianca81
- #1,210Carletta81
- #1,210Dannette81
Tied with 13 names at #1,196; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.