Carolena — #15480 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carolena

The Social Security Administration has registered 469 babies named Carolena between 1935 and 2024, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carolena currently holds the #15480 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carolena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Carolena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Carolena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carolena 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 469 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.