Carolynn
Carolynn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 568th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1942169 births
- Best rank
- #568in 1942
- Since 1917
- 6,404people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,404 girls have been named Carolynn in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 169 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1940s alone account for 23%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carolynn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 | |
| 1920s | 96 | |
| 1930s | 435 | |
| 1940s | 1,467 | |
| 1950s | 1,000 | |
| 1960s | 792 | |
| 1970s | 540 | |
| 1980s | 519 | |
| 1990s | 454 | |
| 2000s | 449 | |
| 2010s | 439 | |
| 2020s | 192 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Carolynn was the 568th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Carolynn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ruthannepeak 1946
- Karolynpeak 1946
- Carolinpeak 1942
- Ilonapeak 1946
- Charolettepeak 1943
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Ruthannpeak 1943
- Carolannpeak 1946
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.