Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carolene

#8,599 most common girls' name of all time · #14,354 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–1976

Rank among girls
#8,599
Rank overall
#14,354 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
739
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1938 #1,339
Best rank
#1,339 1938
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
192019401960

Carolene first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1976 5 — 5 #9,584
1973 6 — 6 #7,606
1972 5 — 5 #8,527
1971 8 — 8 #6,145
1970 9 — 9 #5,531
1969 11 — 11 #4,510
1966 9 — 9 #4,623
1965 14 — 14 #3,461
1964 16 — 16 #3,303
1963 10 — 10 #4,369
1962 11 — 11 #4,107
1961 18 — 18 #2,999
1960 15 — 15 #3,274
1959 11 — 11 #3,927
1958 15 — 15 #3,156
1957 14 — 14 #3,216
1956 17 — 17 #2,878
1955 14 — 14 #3,166
1954 14 — 14 #3,092
1953 12 — 12 #3,389
1952 22 — 22 #2,242
1951 13 — 13 #3,040
1950 16 — 16 #2,617
1949 28 — 28 #1,834
1948 22 — 22 #2,109
1947 18 — 18 #2,418
1946 26 — 26 #1,799
1945 26 — 26 #1,653
1944 16 — 16 #2,260
1943 27 — 27 #1,652
1942 29 — 29 #1,553
1941 22 — 22 #1,738
1940 22 — 22 #1,736
1939 23 — 23 #1,633
1938 31 — 31 #1,339
1937 23 — 23 #1,626
1936 10 — 10 #2,816
1935 17 — 17 #1,997
1934 15 — 15 #2,174
1933 12 — 12 #2,524
1932 11 — 11 #2,802
1931 10 — 10 #2,937
1930 9 — 9 #3,289
1929 8 — 8 #3,616
1928 7 — 7 #4,089
1927 7 — 7 #4,190
1925 6 — 6 #4,790
1924 8 — 8 #3,940
1921 5 — 5 #5,563
1920 5 — 5 #5,470
1919 5 — 5 #5,271
1917 6 — 6 #4,511