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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Carolin

Carolin was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1942, when it ranked 1280th with 39 babies. More babies were named Carolin in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
194239 babies
Total since 1880
1,255babies recorded

Carolin popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#11,4459
2000#5,98818
1990#6,17614
1980#7,5168
1970#4,06114
1960#2,52223
1950#1,79528
1940#1,69222
1930——
1920#5,0955
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Carolin, counting every spelling?

Carolin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Carolin?

About 900 people born in the US named Carolin are alive today, with a median age of 56; half are between 32 and 74. That makes Carolin a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Carolin by state

How common Carolin was among girls born in each state in 1940–1944, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOK0.05Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Carolin, girls, 1940–1944. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Carolin: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carolin, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Carolin

How popular is the name Carolin?

Carolin was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1942, when it ranked 1280th with 39 babies. More babies were named Carolin in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Carolin a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,255 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Carolin most popular?

In 1940–1944, Carolin was most common in Oklahoma (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and California.