Carolina
Rank in 2025
#405
recorded as girls
Up 24 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
769
girls 769
Peak year
2004
1,270 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
48,108
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Carolina was most popular in 2004, when 1,270 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.69 per 1,000). In 2025, 769 babies were named Carolina, ranking #405 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 769 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 718 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 730 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 664 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 609 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 684 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 756 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 740 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 722 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 775 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 732 | 432 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 788 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 712 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 723 | 432 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 729 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 822 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 828 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 925 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,020 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,196 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,133 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,270 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,216 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,074 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,207 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,204 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,036 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,011 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,073 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 1,054 | 275 | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | 989 | 279 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 1,049 | 268 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 949 | 292 | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | 917 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 860 | 314 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 910 | 302 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 794 | 320 | 16 | 3446 |
| 1988 | 524 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 481 | 458 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 466 | 461 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 404 | 504 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 377 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 422 | 473 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 398 | 507 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 435 | 484 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 455 | 467 | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | 436 | 463 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 399 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 269 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 248 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 247 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 199 | 722 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 227 | 655 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 166 | 812 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 189 | 769 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 213 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 173 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 185 | 716 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 161 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 193 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 194 | 704 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 227 | 677 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 173 | 787 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 172 | 794 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 166 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 143 | 865 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 101 | 1059 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 105 | 1012 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 127 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 107 | 977 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 103 | 984 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 109 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 126 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 108 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 113 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 104 | 869 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 115 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 114 | 810 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 128 | 759 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 119 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 114 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 124 | 663 | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | 131 | 662 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 81 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 98 | 707 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 78 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 95 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 101 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 107 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 94 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 97 | 675 | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | 104 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 117 | 597 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 112 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 110 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 132 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 153 | 551 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | 145 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 125 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 120 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 145 | 602 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 144 | 626 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 128 | 654 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 118 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 137 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 132 | 622 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 109 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 98 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 102 | 677 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 111 | 641 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 100 | 662 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 77 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 58 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 63 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 56 | 573 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 43 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 39 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 45 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 33 | 649 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 44 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 30 | 642 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 44 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 32 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 31 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 37 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 40 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 15 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 24 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 17 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 28 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 35 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 34 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 24 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 28 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 21 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 23 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 27 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 24 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 19 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 25 | 432 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 18 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 20 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 10 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 13 | 466 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years