How Many People Are Named Caroline?
people named Caroline are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,747 people in the US has this name
Based on 250,719 babies named Caroline in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,029 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French feminine form of CAROLUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Caroline in English. Counting Caroline and these spellings together, about 594,935 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Caroline (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Caroline alive today is about 30 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Caroline first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2000, to 5,029 babies. In 2025, 2,646 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Caroline never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #55, in 2017, and it was in the top 100 in 46 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #96.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #96 |
| Best rank | #55 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | 46 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #77 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Caroline alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Caroline were born in Texas than in any other state: about 14,881 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Caroline was given 2.4 times as often in District of Columbia, 2 times in South Carolina and 1.8 times in Connecticut.
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