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.

Carolina

#607 most common girls' name of all time · #1,127 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#607
Rank overall
#1,127 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
48,108
Since 2016
7,167
Peak year
2004 #254
Best rank
#254 2004
Girls Boys peak 1,270/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Carolina is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 769 — 769 #405
2024 718 — 718 #431
2023 730 — 730 #420
2022 664 — 664 #477
2021 609 — 609 #511
2020 684 — 684 #450
2019 756 — 756 #414
2018 740 — 740 #420
2017 722 — 722 #439
2016 775 — 775 #421
2015 732 — 732 #432
2014 788 — 788 #407
2013 712 — 712 #428
2012 723 — 723 #432
2011 729 — 729 #430
2010 822 — 822 #389
2009 828 — 828 #387
2008 925 — 925 #357
2007 1,020 — 1,020 #329
2006 1,196 — 1,196 #280
2005 1,133 — 1,133 #291
2004 1,270 — 1,270 #254
2003 1,216 — 1,216 #262
2002 1,074 — 1,074 #289
2001 1,207 — 1,207 #265
2000 1,204 — 1,204 #267
1999 1,036 — 1,036 #298
1998 1,011 — 1,011 #299
1997 1,073 — 1,073 #272
1996 1,054 5 1,059 #275
1995 989 6 995 #280
1994 1,049 5 1,054 #268
1993 949 6 955 #292
1992 917 — 917 #304
1991 860 8 868 #314
1990 910 7 917 #302
1989 794 16 810 #320
1988 524 — 524 #434
1987 481 6 487 #458
1986 466 8 474 #462
1985 404 9 413 #504
1984 377 — 377 #515
1983 422 6 428 #473
1982 398 9 407 #507
1981 435 5 440 #484
1980 455 6 461 #467
1979 436 7 443 #464
1978 399 — 399 #487
1977 269 — 269 #625
1976 248 — 248 #627
1975 247 — 247 #633
1974 199 — 199 #722
1973 227 — 227 #655
1972 166 — 166 #812
1971 189 — 189 #770
1970 213 — 213 #718
1969 173 — 173 #774
1968 185 — 185 #718
1967 161 — 161 #781
1966 193 — 193 #707
1965 194 — 194 #704
1964 227 — 227 #678
1963 173 — 173 #787
1962 172 — 172 #794
1961 166 — 166 #815
1960 143 — 143 #865
1959 101 — 101 #1,059
1958 105 — 105 #1,013
1957 127 — 127 #904
1956 107 — 107 #977
1955 103 — 103 #985
1954 109 — 109 #922
1953 126 — 126 #826
1952 108 — 108 #888
1951 113 — 113 #841
1950 104 — 104 #869
1949 115 — 115 #814
1948 114 — 114 #812
1947 128 — 128 #761
1946 119 — 119 #751
1945 114 — 114 #697
1944 124 6 130 #663
1943 131 — 131 #663
1942 81 — 81 #854
1941 98 5 103 #707
1940 78 — 78 #803
1939 95 — 95 #699
1938 101 — 101 #682
1937 107 — 107 #657
1936 94 — 94 #687
1935 97 6 103 #675
1934 104 — 104 #656
1933 117 — 117 #599
1932 112 — 112 #633
1931 110 — 110 #631
1930 132 — 132 #600
1929 153 6 159 #554
1928 145 — 145 #587
1927 125 — 125 #644
1926 120 — 120 #660
1925 145 — 145 #603
1924 144 5 149 #627
1923 128 — 128 #654
1922 118 — 118 #673
1921 137 — 137 #629
1920 132 — 132 #622
1919 109 — 109 #668
1918 98 — 98 #726
1917 102 — 102 #679
1916 111 — 111 #642
1915 100 — 100 #662
1914 77 — 77 #661
1913 58 — 58 #678
1912 63 — 63 #623
1911 56 — 56 #574
1910 43 — 43 #647
1909 39 — 39 #628
1908 45 — 45 #560
1907 33 — 33 #652
1906 44 — 44 #517
1905 30 — 30 #645
1904 44 — 44 #495
1903 32 — 32 #578
1902 31 — 31 #594
1901 37 — 37 #501
1900 40 — 40 #536
1899 15 — 15 #837
1898 24 — 24 #666
1897 17 — 17 #763
1896 28 — 28 #581
1895 35 — 35 #494
1894 34 — 34 #491
1893 24 — 24 #575
1892 28 — 28 #516
1891 21 — 21 #577
1890 23 — 23 #549
1889 27 — 27 #480
1888 24 — 24 #515
1887 19 — 19 #516
1886 25 — 25 #436
1885 18 — 18 #507
1884 13 — 13 #585
1883 20 — 20 #430
1882 10 — 10 #600
1881 10 — 10 #545
1880 13 — 13 #470