Carolene
- Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 739since 1917
Carolene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carolene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
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| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
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| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Carolene! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carolene is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Carolene in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Carolene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1938 at #1,316 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,595
- Highest: 1 in 35,595 girls born in 1938 were named Carolene (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 31.9% of all girls named Carolene (236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 11 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,449 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,394 (1929) | #4,168 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,316 (1938) | #2,203 |
| 1940s | 236 | #1,533 (1942) | #1,836 |
| 1950s | 148 | #2,200 (1952) | #2,994 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,957 (1961) | #3,751 |
| 1970s | 33 | #5,413 (1970) | #7,286 |
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.
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