Carrolyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carrolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Carrolyn between 1933 and 1981, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carrolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carrolyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Carrolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carrolyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carrolyn 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 288 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.