Carolynn — #3966 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carolynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,404 babies named Carolynn between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carolynn currently holds the #3966 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 169 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carolynn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,467 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Carolynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 627 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Carolynn in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carolynn 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 6,404 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.