Caroline
Rank in 2025
#96
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,646
girls 2,646
Peak year
1881
316 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
250,719
since 1880
Born a Caroline? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Caroline was most popular in 1881, when 316 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,646 babies were named Caroline, ranking #96 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,646 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,730 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,868 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 3,030 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 3,204 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 3,364 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 3,920 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 4,167 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 4,294 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 4,437 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 4,333 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 4,348 | 59 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 3,983 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 3,421 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 3,370 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 3,360 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 3,624 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 3,545 | 94 | 12 | 6763 |
| 2007 | 3,409 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 3,791 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 3,974 | 83 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 4,379 | 74 | 13 | 5813 |
| 2003 | 4,585 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 4,657 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 4,864 | 62 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 5,022 | 65 | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | 4,474 | 71 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 4,276 | 75 | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | 4,439 | 75 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 4,466 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 3,799 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 3,452 | 94 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 3,083 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 3,176 | 105 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 2,843 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 2,819 | 116 | 14 | 3971 |
| 1989 | 2,661 | 113 | 30 | 2245 |
| 1988 | 2,326 | 122 | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | 2,047 | 135 | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | 1,802 | 157 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 1,751 | 164 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 1,633 | 167 | 10 | 3925 |
| 1983 | 1,482 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 1,537 | 178 | 7 | 5003 |
| 1981 | 1,391 | 193 | 9 | 4153 |
| 1980 | 1,313 | 200 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 1,354 | 198 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 1,308 | 200 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 1,204 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 1,224 | 197 | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | 1,232 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,196 | 212 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 1,112 | 229 | 8 | 3694 |
| 1972 | 1,071 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,215 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,371 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,352 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,411 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,449 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,551 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,815 | 187 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 2,106 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,689 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 1,989 | 186 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 2,198 | 176 | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | 1,210 | 254 | 5 | 4038 |
| 1959 | 1,044 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 990 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 1,137 | 253 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 702 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 742 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 771 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 885 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 916 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 919 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 879 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,001 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,080 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,150 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,091 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 1,013 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,213 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 1,353 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 1,390 | 168 | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 1,173 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 1,161 | 172 | 8 | 2671 |
| 1939 | 1,005 | 186 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 1,115 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 1,094 | 181 | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | 1,075 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 1,048 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 1,069 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 1,050 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 1,103 | 174 | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | 1,125 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 1,160 | 172 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 1,192 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 1,189 | 175 | 8 | 3076 |
| 1927 | 1,167 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 1,217 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 1,193 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 1,302 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 1,304 | 173 | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | 1,269 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 1,425 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,436 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 1,296 | 169 | 5 | 4168 |
| 1918 | 1,458 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,368 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,385 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,402 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 989 | 148 | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | 805 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 785 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 550 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 553 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 443 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 449 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 437 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 409 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 407 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 429 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 389 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 452 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 406 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 455 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 393 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 441 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 456 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 437 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 484 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 473 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 483 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 476 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 402 | 100 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 455 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 491 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 458 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 398 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 370 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 399 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 380 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 321 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 304 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 316 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 306 | 75 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years