Carolina is an established variant of Carolyn that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Carolina is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #405 for girl births in the United States (and #837 across all names), given to 769 babies — 774 including U.S. territories. Carolina was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2004 (1,270 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 769 | 774 | #405 | — |
| 2024 | 718 | 723 | #429 | — |
| 2023 | 730 | 740 | #421 | — |
| 2022 | 664 | 672 | #477 | — |
| 2021 | 609 | 619 | #511 | — |
| 2020 | 684 | 695 | #450 | — |
| 2019 | 756 | 764 | #415 | — |
| 2018 | 740 | 753 | #420 | — |
| 2017 | 722 | 733 | #439 | — |
| 2016 | 775 | 796 | #421 | — |
| 2015 | 732 | 755 | #432 | — |
| 2014 | 788 | 813 | #407 | — |
| 2013 | 712 | 735 | #428 | — |
| 2012 | 723 | 759 | #432 | — |
| 2011 | 729 | 762 | #430 | — |
| 2010 | 822 | 859 | #389 | — |
| 2009 | 828 | 866 | #387 | — |
| 2008 | 925 | 970 | #357 | — |
| 2007 | 1,020 | 1,080 | #329 | — |
| 2006 | 1,196 | 1,231 | #280 | — |
| 2005 | 1,133 | 1,192 | #291 | — |
| 2004 | 1,270 | 1,344 | #254 | — |
| 2003 | 1,216 | 1,274 | #262 | — |
| 2002 | 1,074 | 1,132 | #289 | — |
| 2001 | 1,207 | 1,273 | #265 | — |
| 2000 | 1,204 | 1,256 | #267 | — |
| 1999 | 1,036 | 1,110 | #298 | — |
| 1998 | 1,011 | 1,064 | #299 | — |
| 1997 | 1,073 | — | #272 | — |
| 1996 | 1,059 | — | #275 | #9,208 |
| 1995 | 995 | — | #279 | #7,942 |
| 1994 | 1,054 | — | #268 | #8,994 |
| 1993 | 955 | — | #292 | #7,766 |
| 1992 | 917 | — | #304 | — |
| 1991 | 868 | — | #314 | #6,026 |
| 1990 | 917 | — | #302 | #6,506 |
| 1989 | 810 | — | #320 | #3,473 |
| 1988 | 524 | — | #434 | — |
| 1987 | 487 | — | #458 | #6,206 |
| 1986 | 474 | — | #461 | #4,915 |
| 1985 | 413 | — | #504 | #4,379 |
| 1984 | 377 | — | #515 | — |
| 1983 | 428 | — | #473 | #5,590 |
| 1982 | 407 | — | #507 | #4,278 |
| 1981 | 440 | — | #484 | #6,411 |
| 1980 | 461 | — | #467 | #5,617 |
| 1979 | 443 | — | #463 | #4,917 |
| 1978 | 399 | — | #486 | — |
| 1977 | 269 | — | #624 | — |
| 1976 | 248 | — | #627 | — |
| 1975 | 247 | — | #634 | — |
| 1974 | 199 | — | #722 | — |
| 1973 | 227 | — | #655 | — |
| 1972 | 166 | — | #813 | — |
| 1971 | 189 | — | #769 | — |
| 1970 | 213 | — | #718 | — |
| 1969 | 173 | — | #776 | — |
| 1968 | 185 | — | #717 | — |
| 1967 | 161 | — | #780 | — |
| 1966 | 193 | — | #705 | — |
| 1965 | 194 | — | #705 | — |
| 1964 | 227 | — | #677 | — |
| 1963 | 173 | — | #787 | — |
| 1962 | 172 | — | #795 | — |
| 1961 | 166 | — | #815 | — |
| 1960 | 143 | — | #865 | — |
| 1959 | 101 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1958 | 105 | — | #1,012 | — |
| 1957 | 127 | — | #903 | — |
| 1956 | 107 | — | #979 | — |
| 1955 | 103 | — | #984 | — |
| 1954 | 109 | — | #922 | — |
| 1953 | 126 | — | #826 | — |
| 1952 | 108 | — | #888 | — |
| 1951 | 113 | — | #840 | — |
| 1950 | 104 | — | #869 | — |
| 1949 | 115 | — | #813 | — |
| 1948 | 114 | — | #810 | — |
| 1947 | 128 | — | #759 | — |
| 1946 | 119 | — | #750 | — |
| 1945 | 114 | — | #697 | — |
| 1944 | 130 | — | #664 | #3,156 |
| 1943 | 131 | — | #663 | — |
| 1942 | 81 | — | #853 | — |
| 1941 | 103 | — | #707 | #3,572 |
| 1940 | 78 | — | #803 | — |
| 1939 | 95 | — | #698 | — |
| 1938 | 101 | — | #682 | — |
| 1937 | 107 | — | #658 | — |
| 1936 | 94 | — | #686 | — |
| 1935 | 103 | — | #675 | #3,313 |
| 1934 | 104 | — | #656 | — |
| 1933 | 117 | — | #598 | — |
| 1932 | 112 | — | #633 | — |
| 1931 | 110 | — | #632 | — |
| 1930 | 132 | — | #600 | — |
| 1929 | 159 | — | #551 | #3,608 |
| 1928 | 145 | — | #587 | — |
| 1927 | 125 | — | #643 | — |
| 1926 | 120 | — | #660 | — |
| 1925 | 145 | — | #602 | — |
| 1924 | 149 | — | #626 | #4,445 |
| 1923 | 128 | — | #654 | — |
| 1922 | 118 | — | #672 | — |
| 1921 | 137 | — | #629 | — |
| 1920 | 132 | — | #623 | — |
| 1919 | 109 | — | #666 | — |
| 1918 | 98 | — | #725 | — |
| 1917 | 102 | — | #677 | — |
| 1916 | 111 | — | #642 | — |
| 1915 | 100 | — | #662 | — |
| 1914 | 77 | — | #661 | — |
| 1913 | 58 | — | #679 | — |
| 1912 | 63 | — | #621 | — |
| 1911 | 56 | — | #573 | — |
| 1910 | 43 | — | #646 | — |
| 1909 | 39 | — | #624 | — |
| 1908 | 45 | — | #558 | — |
| 1907 | 33 | — | #654 | — |
| 1906 | 44 | — | #520 | — |
| 1905 | 30 | — | #643 | — |
| 1904 | 44 | — | #494 | — |
| 1903 | 32 | — | #575 | — |
| 1902 | 31 | — | #594 | — |
| 1901 | 37 | — | #500 | — |
| 1900 | 40 | — | #533 | — |
| 1899 | 15 | — | #844 | — |
| 1898 | 24 | — | #666 | — |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #763 | — |
| 1896 | 28 | — | #578 | — |
| 1895 | 35 | — | #493 | — |
| 1894 | 34 | — | #487 | — |
| 1893 | 24 | — | #576 | — |
| 1892 | 28 | — | #510 | — |
| 1891 | 21 | — | #574 | — |
| 1890 | 23 | — | #549 | — |
| 1889 | 27 | — | #477 | — |
| 1888 | 24 | — | #513 | — |
| 1887 | 19 | — | #514 | — |
| 1886 | 25 | — | #432 | — |
| 1885 | 18 | — | #504 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #588 | — |
| 1883 | 20 | — | #423 | — |
| 1882 | 10 | — | #601 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #544 | — |
| 1880 | 13 | — | #470 | — |