EveryBabyNames

Caroline

4 countries#96 in United States, 2025
US
#96
in United States, 2025
FR
#916
in France, 2022
SCOT
4,892
total births, Scotland
NI
110
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
412,220
Peak year (United States)
2000
Peak-year count
5,029
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Caroline was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

250,719 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #96 · peaked in 2000 with 5,029 births

Most common in: New York, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

156,499 births recorded 1900–2022 · currently #916 · peaked in 1978 with 6,253 births

Most common in: Paris, Nord, Bas-Rhin, Hauts-de-Seine, Pas-de-Calais

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

4,892 births recorded 1974–2019 · peaked in 1974 with 396 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

110 births recorded 1997–2015 · peaked in 1998 with 19 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Caroline’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#89
2007#99↓10
2008#94↑5
2009#87↑7
2010#88↓1
2011#87↑1
2012#80↑7
2013#63↑17
2014#59↑4
2015#62↓3
2016#56↑6
2017#55↑1
2018#56↓1
2019#61↓5
2020#71↓10
2021#80↓9
2022#77↑3
2023#83↓6
2024#92↓9
2025#96↓4

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