Carolyne
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 108 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,587since 1882
Carolyne over time
Rank among girls' names. Carolyne has never cracked the top 700 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 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,212 | 58 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 |
| 1947 | #942 | 88 |
| 1946 | #874 | 90 |
| 1945 | #850 | 78 |
| 1944 | #774 | 97 |
| 1943 | #762 | 103 |
| 1942 | #717 | 108 |
| 1941 | #894 | 67 |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 |
| 1937 | #920 | 56 |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
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| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Carolyne is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#583 · 1 in 15,467
Best ever in a state: #324 in Oklahoma, 1945.
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| Pennsylvania | #583 | 5 | 1 in 15,467 |
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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 Carolyne
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1942 at #717 (108 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1940–1947
- 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%)
- 22.7% of all girls named Carolyne (813) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #908 (1882) | #908 |
| 1890s | 15 | #1,123 (1895) | #1,270 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,639 (1907) | #1,919 |
| 1910s | 174 | #1,339 (1915) | #1,832 |
| 1920s | 260 | #1,328 (1924) | #1,665 |
| 1930s | 378 | #920 (1937) | #1,218 |
| 1940s | 813 | #717 (1942) | #903 |
| 1950s | 400 | #1,212 (1950) | #1,672 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,623 |
| 1970s | 164 | #2,522 (1970) | #4,194 |
| 1980s | 211 | #2,646 (1988) | #4,265 |
| 1990s | 279 | #3,078 (1990) | #3,955 |
| 2000s | 323 | #3,198 (2001) | #4,407 |
| 2010s | 230 | #4,455 (2014) | #5,735 |
| 2020s | 60 | #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 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 26,618 of them was named Carolyne, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,104Vallie41
- #1,104Vena41
- #1,104Vita41
- #1,127Carolyne40
- #1,127Alfred40
- #1,127Arlean40
- #1,127Charlsie40
- #1,148Anthony39
- #1,148Arbutus39
- #1,148Birtha39
Tied with 20 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.