Girls' name · since 1935
Carolena
Carolena has 478 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,199 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 478
- born since 1935
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carolena is the #10199 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 478 recorded since 1935.
Carolena has 478 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10199 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2025.
- #12,183 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,199 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 478 born since 1935
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carolena ranks #12,183 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,199 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 478 born since 1935, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,199 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 478
- born since 1935
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carolena's 478 recorded births place it above 83.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Carolena compares
478 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carolena's all-time total is 27% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carolena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 478 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carolena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carolena splits its recorded history at 2004: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1935 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carolena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Carolena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (165 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Carolena's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Carolena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
165 births
- 2010s
2010s
160 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 165 births (35% of all-time use).
Carolena by state
Where Carolena concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.3% |
7 of 478 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Carolena's data
- Carolena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (165 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Carolenas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carolena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~90 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1935–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carolena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.