Carolan is a very rare variant of Carolyn that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Carolan is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1998. Carolan first appears in 1940 and peaked in 1941 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,529 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #9,718 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #12,091 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #11,552 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #9,730 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #10,902 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #7,164 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,691 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #6,679 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,370 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #4,957 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,070 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,300 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,507 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,455 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,655 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,167 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,403 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,639 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,654 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,711 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,557 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,253 |