Girls' name · since 1991
Carolyna
Carolyna has 185 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
185 babies have been named Carolyna since 1991, making it today's #13744 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Carolyna recorded 185 times among girls since 1991, holding rank #13744 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #20,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,744 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carolyna ranks #20,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,744 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carolyna's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Carolyna compares
185 35th percentile among 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
Carolyna's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carolyna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carolyna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carolyna's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carolyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Carolyna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (81 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Carolyna's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Carolyna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 81 births (44% of all-time use).
Carolyna by state
Where Carolyna concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 5.4% |
10 of 185 births nationwide.
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What to do with Carolyna's data
- Carolyna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Carolynas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Carolyna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Carolyna 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.