Girls' name · since 1933
Carollyn
207 babies named Carollyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1933
- 1940s
- peak decade
207 girls have been named Carollyn since 1933, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Carollyn recorded 207 times among girls since 1933, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1997.
- #19,462 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1933
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carollyn ranks #19,462 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1933, peaking in the 1940s.
- #19,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1933
- 1940s
- peak decade
Carollyn's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carollyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carollyn's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1947 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carollyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1997
- Peak year (1947)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Carollyn by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (82 births, 40% of the file).
1940s was Carollyn's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Carollyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
35 births
- 1940s
1940s
82 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 82 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Carollyn's data
- Carollyn's decade-level peak was the 1940s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carollyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1933–1997 (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 Carollyn 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.