first name
CAROLINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 199,035 people named Caroline, 81.2% reported their origin as White, 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Caroline peaked in 2000, when 5,029 babies got the name.
At least 250,719 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.
Caroline by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #130. The largest share of babies named Caroline, 26%, 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 Caroline is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caroline has been most common in South Carolina (1.9×), District of Columbia (1.9×), and Connecticut (1.7×), and least common in Wyoming (0.27×).
235,862 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 Caroline
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Caroline, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Caroline ranks #55,282 of 156,621, with 401 people. See Caroline as a last name
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