Girls' name · since 1988
Karolyne
267 babies named Karolyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,954 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,706 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
267 babies have been named Karolyne since 1988, making it today's #13706 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karolyne has been recorded 267 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #13706 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #16,954 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,706 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karolyne ranks #16,954 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,706 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 267 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,954 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,706 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karolyne's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Karolyne compares
267 43rd 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
Karolyne's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karolyne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karolyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karolyne splits its recorded history at 2006: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karolyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Karolyne by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Karolyne's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Karolyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (41% of all-time use).
Karolyne by state
Where Karolyne concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 267 births nationwide.
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What to do with Karolyne's data
- Karolyne's decade-level peak was the 2010s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Karolynes (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karolyne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Karolyne 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.