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.

Caroline

#168 most common girls' name of all time · #324 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#168
Rank overall
#324 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
250,719
Since 2016
34,660
Peak year
2000 #65
Best rank
#55 2017
Girls Boys peak 5,029/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Caroline 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 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 4,348 6 4,354 #59
2013 3,983 — 3,983 #63
2012 3,421 — 3,421 #80
2011 3,370 — 3,370 #87
2010 3,360 — 3,360 #88
2009 3,624 — 3,624 #87
2008 3,545 12 3,557 #94
2007 3,409 — 3,409 #99
2006 3,791 — 3,791 #89
2005 3,974 7 3,981 #83
2004 4,379 13 4,392 #74
2003 4,585 — 4,585 #68
2002 4,657 — 4,657 #67
2001 4,864 8 4,872 #62
2000 5,022 7 5,029 #65
1999 4,474 6 4,480 #71
1998 4,276 6 4,282 #75
1997 4,439 5 4,444 #75
1996 4,466 — 4,466 #78
1995 3,799 — 3,799 #92
1994 3,452 7 3,459 #94
1993 3,083 — 3,083 #105
1992 3,176 7 3,183 #105
1991 2,843 — 2,843 #116
1990 2,819 14 2,833 #116
1989 2,661 30 2,691 #113
1988 2,326 8 2,334 #122
1987 2,047 11 2,058 #135
1986 1,802 5 1,807 #157
1985 1,751 5 1,756 #164
1984 1,633 10 1,643 #167
1983 1,482 — 1,482 #183
1982 1,537 7 1,544 #178
1981 1,391 9 1,400 #193
1980 1,313 5 1,318 #200
1979 1,354 5 1,359 #198
1978 1,308 5 1,313 #200
1977 1,204 — 1,204 #210
1976 1,224 9 1,233 #197
1975 1,232 — 1,232 #198
1974 1,196 7 1,203 #212
1973 1,112 8 1,120 #229
1972 1,071 — 1,071 #251
1971 1,215 — 1,215 #241
1970 1,371 — 1,371 #229
1969 1,352 — 1,352 #224
1968 1,411 — 1,411 #215
1967 1,449 — 1,449 #210
1966 1,551 — 1,551 #202
1965 1,815 5 1,820 #187
1964 2,106 — 2,106 #179
1963 1,689 — 1,689 #208
1962 1,989 5 1,994 #186
1961 2,198 6 2,204 #176
1960 1,210 5 1,215 #254
1959 1,044 — 1,044 #274
1958 990 — 990 #282
1957 1,137 — 1,137 #253
1956 702 — 702 #329
1955 742 — 742 #315
1954 771 — 771 #302
1953 885 — 885 #281
1952 916 — 916 #263
1951 919 — 919 #254
1950 879 — 879 #257
1949 1,001 — 1,001 #235
1948 1,080 — 1,080 #226
1947 1,150 — 1,150 #220
1946 1,091 — 1,091 #214
1945 1,013 — 1,013 #197
1944 1,213 — 1,213 #178
1943 1,353 — 1,353 #171
1942 1,390 5 1,395 #168
1941 1,173 — 1,173 #174
1940 1,161 8 1,169 #172
1939 1,005 5 1,010 #186
1938 1,115 — 1,115 #181
1937 1,094 7 1,101 #181
1936 1,075 — 1,075 #177
1935 1,048 — 1,048 #178
1934 1,069 — 1,069 #174
1933 1,050 — 1,050 #173
1932 1,103 6 1,109 #174
1931 1,125 — 1,125 #165
1930 1,160 5 1,165 #172
1929 1,192 — 1,192 #171
1928 1,189 8 1,197 #175
1927 1,167 — 1,167 #179
1926 1,217 — 1,217 #174
1925 1,193 — 1,193 #185
1924 1,302 — 1,302 #175
1923 1,304 5 1,309 #173
1922 1,269 — 1,269 #176
1921 1,425 — 1,425 #162
1920 1,436 — 1,436 #159
1919 1,296 5 1,301 #169
1918 1,458 — 1,458 #154
1917 1,368 — 1,368 #152
1916 1,385 — 1,385 #144
1915 1,402 — 1,402 #137
1914 989 7 996 #148
1913 805 — 805 #149
1912 785 — 785 #139
1911 550 — 550 #146
1910 553 — 553 #146
1909 443 — 443 #157
1908 449 — 449 #150
1907 437 — 437 #151
1906 409 — 409 #144
1905 407 — 407 #146
1904 429 — 429 #136
1903 389 — 389 #141
1902 452 — 452 #126
1901 406 — 406 #125
1900 455 — 455 #135
1899 393 — 393 #124
1898 441 — 441 #122
1897 456 — 456 #112
1896 437 — 437 #111
1895 484 — 484 #105
1894 473 — 473 #103
1893 483 — 483 #99
1892 476 — 476 #100
1891 402 5 407 #100
1890 455 — 455 #94
1889 491 — 491 #84
1888 458 — 458 #89
1887 398 — 398 #84
1886 370 — 370 #91
1885 399 — 399 #78
1884 380 — 380 #78
1883 321 — 321 #86
1882 304 — 304 #85
1881 316 — 316 #74
1880 306 — 306 #75