Caro — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caro

The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Caro between 1883 and 1964, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caro currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caro performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Caro shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caro in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caro in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.