Carolin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carolin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,255 babies named Carolin between 1912 and 2019, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carolin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carolin performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Carolin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Carolin in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carolin 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 1,255 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.