Caroline
For 2025 the count puts Caroline at #96 nationwide, cooling off gently. First recorded 1880, best year 2000, 250,410 bearers across the whole run.
What Caroline carries
Caroline · Teutonic
“man”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Caroline’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Caroline, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Caroline since 1880
Caroline peaked in 2000 at #65; #96 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Caroline is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Caroline runs strongest in District of Columbia at 0.89% in 2025, then Alabama and Arkansas.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Caroline
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Alejandro
#195 in 2025 · Teutonic
Arabella
#213 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Luis
#144 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Browse: names starting with C · Teutonic names · all names
About Caroline
How common is Caroline today?
For 2025 the count puts Caroline at #96 nationwide, cooling off gently. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Caroline mean?
The gloss on record reads “man”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Caroline?
Carlos, Alejandro and Arabella sit nearest to Caroline on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Caroline’s free Name Kit
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