Carolina
Carolina is ranked 428th among girls in 2024 (716 births). Its best rank was 254th, in 2004.
- Rank in 2024
- #428down 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7160.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 20041,270 births
- Best rank
- #254in 2004
- Since 1880
- 47,196people given the name
The story in the numbers
47,196 girls have been named Carolina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 1,270 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 23%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 179 | |
| 1890s | 249 | |
| 1900s | 375 | |
| 1910s | 817 | |
| 1920s | 1,347 | |
| 1930s | 1,069 | |
| 1940s | 1,102 | |
| 1950s | 1,103 | |
| 1960s | 1,787 | |
| 1970s | 2,594 | |
| 1980s | 4,756 | |
| 1990s | 9,847 | |
| 2000s | 11,073 | |
| 2010s | 7,498 | |
| 2020s | 3,400 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Carolina was the 254th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2004 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia and Hannah. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Carolina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anastaciapeak 2003
- Nathaliepeak 2009
- Emilypeak 1999
- Paulinapeak 2002
- Rebecapeak 2003
- Christianapeak 1996
- Kansaspeak 2002
- Serenapeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.