Carolene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carolene

The Social Security Administration has registered 739 babies named Carolene between 1917 and 1976, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carolene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carolene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carolene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Carolene in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carolene 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 739 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.