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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carolina has never cracked the top 200 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
| 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 | — | |
First appearance
1880
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.
Where Carolina is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Texas#167 · 1 in 819
- California#241 · 1 in 1,180
- South Carolina#294 · 1 in 1,076
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Arizona#306 · 1 in 1,227
Best ever in a state: #49 in New Mexico, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #167 | 196 | 1 in 819 |
| California | #241 | 137 | 1 in 1,180 |
| South Carolina | #294 | 17 | 1 in 1,076 |
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Arizona | #306 | 23 | 1 in 1,227 |
| Florida | #312 | 59 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Illinois | #325 | 33 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Nevada | #328 | 8 | 1 in 1,150 |
| North Carolina | #360 | 30 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Washington | #390 | 18 | 1 in 1,603 |
| New Jersey | #422 | 18 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Georgia | #452 | 25 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Colorado | #456 | 12 | 1 in 1,944 |
| Alabama | #481 | 10 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Massachusetts | #519 | 10 | 1 in 2,403 |
| Connecticut | #540 | 5 | 1 in 2,301 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Maryland | #549 | 9 | 1 in 2,221 |
| Virginia | #573 | 13 | 1 in 2,595 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| New York | #679 | 24 | 1 in 3,264 |
| Oklahoma | #697 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Indiana | #721 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Michigan | #735 | 10 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Missouri | #926 | 5 | 1 in 4,860 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 9 | 1 in 5,188 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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 Carolina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 45 spots since 2020 (#450 → #405)
- Biggest jump: 304 spots in 1900
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1897
Rise & fade · girls
124 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2004 at #254 (1,270 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 144 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,446
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 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.
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