Caroline is a very popular girls' name that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Caroline is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #96 for girl births in the United States (and #242 across all names), given to 2,646 babies. Caroline was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2000 (5,022 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,646 | 2,646 | #96 | — |
| 2024 | 2,730 | 2,730 | #92 | — |
| 2023 | 2,868 | 2,868 | #83 | — |
| 2022 | 3,030 | 3,030 | #77 | — |
| 2021 | 3,204 | 3,204 | #80 | — |
| 2020 | 3,364 | 3,364 | #71 | — |
| 2019 | 3,920 | 3,920 | #61 | — |
| 2018 | 4,167 | 4,167 | #56 | — |
| 2017 | 4,294 | 4,294 | #55 | — |
| 2016 | 4,437 | 4,437 | #56 | — |
| 2015 | 4,333 | 4,333 | #62 | — |
| 2014 | 4,354 | 4,361 | #59 | #10,939 |
| 2013 | 3,983 | 3,983 | #63 | — |
| 2012 | 3,421 | 3,427 | #80 | — |
| 2011 | 3,370 | 3,380 | #87 | — |
| 2010 | 3,360 | 3,371 | #88 | — |
| 2009 | 3,624 | 3,636 | #87 | — |
| 2008 | 3,557 | 3,564 | #94 | #6,818 |
| 2007 | 3,409 | 3,422 | #99 | — |
| 2006 | 3,791 | 3,806 | #89 | — |
| 2005 | 3,981 | 3,997 | #83 | #9,274 |
| 2004 | 4,392 | 4,418 | #74 | #5,860 |
| 2003 | 4,585 | 4,601 | #68 | — |
| 2002 | 4,657 | 4,681 | #67 | — |
| 2001 | 4,872 | 4,908 | #62 | #7,633 |
| 2000 | 5,029 | 5,073 | #65 | #8,317 |
| 1999 | 4,480 | 4,518 | #71 | #8,860 |
| 1998 | 4,282 | 4,329 | #75 | #8,630 |
| 1997 | 4,444 | — | #75 | #9,478 |
| 1996 | 4,466 | — | #78 | — |
| 1995 | 3,799 | — | #92 | — |
| 1994 | 3,459 | — | #94 | #7,066 |
| 1993 | 3,083 | — | #105 | — |
| 1992 | 3,183 | — | #105 | #6,763 |
| 1991 | 2,843 | — | #116 | — |
| 1990 | 2,833 | — | #116 | #4,000 |
| 1989 | 2,691 | — | #113 | #2,251 |
| 1988 | 2,334 | — | #122 | #5,265 |
| 1987 | 2,058 | — | #135 | #4,002 |
| 1986 | 1,807 | — | #157 | #6,870 |
| 1985 | 1,756 | — | #164 | #6,671 |
| 1984 | 1,643 | — | #167 | #3,957 |
| 1983 | 1,482 | — | #183 | — |
| 1982 | 1,544 | — | #178 | #5,094 |
| 1981 | 1,400 | — | #193 | #4,196 |
| 1980 | 1,318 | — | #200 | #6,382 |
| 1979 | 1,359 | — | #198 | #6,179 |
| 1978 | 1,313 | — | #201 | #5,921 |
| 1977 | 1,204 | — | #210 | — |
| 1976 | 1,233 | — | #197 | #3,754 |
| 1975 | 1,232 | — | #198 | — |
| 1974 | 1,203 | — | #212 | #4,241 |
| 1973 | 1,120 | — | #229 | #3,751 |
| 1972 | 1,071 | — | #251 | — |
| 1971 | 1,215 | — | #241 | — |
| 1970 | 1,371 | — | #229 | — |
| 1969 | 1,352 | — | #224 | — |
| 1968 | 1,411 | — | #215 | — |
| 1967 | 1,449 | — | #210 | — |
| 1966 | 1,551 | — | #202 | — |
| 1965 | 1,820 | — | #187 | #3,989 |
| 1964 | 2,106 | — | #179 | — |
| 1963 | 1,689 | — | #208 | — |
| 1962 | 1,994 | — | #186 | #4,125 |
| 1961 | 2,204 | — | #176 | #3,694 |
| 1960 | 1,215 | — | #254 | #4,114 |
| 1959 | 1,044 | — | #274 | — |
| 1958 | 990 | — | #282 | — |
| 1957 | 1,137 | — | #253 | — |
| 1956 | 702 | — | #329 | — |
| 1955 | 742 | — | #315 | — |
| 1954 | 771 | — | #302 | — |
| 1953 | 885 | — | #280 | — |
| 1952 | 916 | — | #263 | — |
| 1951 | 919 | — | #254 | — |
| 1950 | 879 | — | #257 | — |
| 1949 | 1,001 | — | #235 | — |
| 1948 | 1,080 | — | #226 | — |
| 1947 | 1,150 | — | #220 | — |
| 1946 | 1,091 | — | #214 | — |
| 1945 | 1,013 | — | #197 | — |
| 1944 | 1,213 | — | #178 | — |
| 1943 | 1,353 | — | #171 | — |
| 1942 | 1,395 | — | #168 | #3,637 |
| 1941 | 1,173 | — | #174 | — |
| 1940 | 1,169 | — | #172 | #2,696 |
| 1939 | 1,010 | — | #186 | #3,558 |
| 1938 | 1,115 | — | #181 | — |
| 1937 | 1,101 | — | #181 | #2,947 |
| 1936 | 1,075 | — | #177 | — |
| 1935 | 1,048 | — | #178 | — |
| 1934 | 1,069 | — | #174 | — |
| 1933 | 1,050 | — | #173 | — |
| 1932 | 1,109 | — | #174 | #3,422 |
| 1931 | 1,125 | — | #165 | — |
| 1930 | 1,165 | — | #172 | #4,078 |
| 1929 | 1,192 | — | #171 | — |
| 1928 | 1,197 | — | #175 | #3,113 |
| 1927 | 1,167 | — | #179 | — |
| 1926 | 1,217 | — | #174 | — |
| 1925 | 1,193 | — | #185 | — |
| 1924 | 1,302 | — | #175 | — |
| 1923 | 1,309 | — | #173 | #4,328 |
| 1922 | 1,269 | — | #176 | — |
| 1921 | 1,425 | — | #162 | — |
| 1920 | 1,436 | — | #159 | — |
| 1919 | 1,301 | — | #169 | #4,251 |
| 1918 | 1,458 | — | #154 | — |
| 1917 | 1,368 | — | #152 | — |
| 1916 | 1,385 | — | #144 | — |
| 1915 | 1,402 | — | #137 | — |
| 1914 | 996 | — | #148 | #2,688 |
| 1913 | 805 | — | #149 | — |
| 1912 | 785 | — | #139 | — |
| 1911 | 550 | — | #146 | — |
| 1910 | 553 | — | #146 | — |
| 1909 | 443 | — | #157 | — |
| 1908 | 449 | — | #150 | — |
| 1907 | 437 | — | #151 | — |
| 1906 | 409 | — | #144 | — |
| 1905 | 407 | — | #146 | — |
| 1904 | 429 | — | #136 | — |
| 1903 | 389 | — | #141 | — |
| 1902 | 452 | — | #126 | — |
| 1901 | 406 | — | #125 | — |
| 1900 | 455 | — | #135 | — |
| 1899 | 393 | — | #124 | — |
| 1898 | 441 | — | #122 | — |
| 1897 | 456 | — | #112 | — |
| 1896 | 437 | — | #110 | — |
| 1895 | 484 | — | #105 | — |
| 1894 | 473 | — | #103 | — |
| 1893 | 483 | — | #99 | — |
| 1892 | 476 | — | #100 | — |
| 1891 | 407 | — | #100 | #995 |
| 1890 | 455 | — | #94 | — |
| 1889 | 491 | — | #84 | — |
| 1888 | 458 | — | #89 | — |
| 1887 | 398 | — | #84 | — |
| 1886 | 370 | — | #92 | — |
| 1885 | 399 | — | #78 | — |
| 1884 | 380 | — | #78 | — |
| 1883 | 321 | — | #86 | — |
| 1882 | 304 | — | #85 | — |
| 1881 | 316 | — | #73 | — |
| 1880 | 306 | — | #75 | — |