first name
CAROLINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 69,296 people named Carolina, 83.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12% as White and 3.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carolina peaked in 2004, when 1,270 babies got the name.
At least 48,108 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carolina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #568. The largest share of babies named Carolina, 34.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carolina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carolina has been most common in Texas (3.4×), California (2.8×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.12×).
42,921 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carolina
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carolina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carolina ranks #26,440 of 156,621, with 972 people. See Carolina as a last name
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