Carolan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carolan

The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Carolan between 1940 and 1998, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carolan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carolan performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Carolan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carolan 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 148 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.