Girls' name · since 1917
Karolina
Karolina has 4,676 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,267 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,676
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Karolina is the #1267 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,676 recorded since 1917.
Karolina has 4,676 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1267 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #2,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,267 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,676 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karolina ranks #2,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,267 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,676 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,267 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,676
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karolina's 4,676 recorded births place it above 96.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karolina compares
4,676 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Karolina's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karolina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,676 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 190 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karolina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karolina's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 190, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karolina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 190
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Karolina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,489 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Karolina's strongest decade.
1,489 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Karolina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 176
1980s
176 births
- 1990s
1990s
798 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,489 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,242 births
- 2020s
2020s
908 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,489 births (32% of all-time use).
How Karolina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Karolina's total volume
Karolina by state
Where Karolina concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 730 | 15.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 727 | 15.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 697 | 14.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 391 | 8.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 264 | 5.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 187 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 73 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 27 | 0.6% |
730 of 4,676 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Karolina appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karolina's data
- Karolina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,489 total births) through the 2020s (908) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Karolinas (730 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karolina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Karolina 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.