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.

Carolyn

#53 most common girls' name of all time · #113 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#53
Rank overall
#113 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
558,397
Since 2016
2,575
Peak year
1947 #15
Best rank
#10 1942
Girls Boys peak 20,788/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Carolyn 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 185 — 185 #1,222
2024 207 — 207 #1,160
2023 228 — 228 #1,085
2022 194 — 194 #1,239
2021 218 — 218 #1,129
2020 270 — 270 #947
2019 282 — 282 #938
2018 313 — 313 #865
2017 326 — 326 #832
2016 352 — 352 #808
2015 377 — 377 #748
2014 375 — 375 #746
2013 347 — 347 #784
2012 361 — 361 #765
2011 371 — 371 #742
2010 378 — 378 #736
2009 426 — 426 #683
2008 448 — 448 #678
2007 495 — 495 #606
2006 587 — 587 #517
2005 626 — 626 #488
2004 731 — 731 #417
2003 701 — 701 #430
2002 822 — 822 #365
2001 870 — 870 #346
2000 1,031 — 1,031 #308
1999 1,037 — 1,037 #297
1998 901 — 901 #327
1997 1,061 — 1,061 #276
1996 1,210 — 1,210 #233
1995 1,175 6 1,181 #242
1994 1,230 — 1,230 #230
1993 1,479 — 1,479 #200
1992 1,518 — 1,518 #196
1991 1,559 7 1,566 #193
1990 1,714 9 1,723 #169
1989 1,809 17 1,826 #158
1988 1,802 8 1,810 #158
1987 1,813 11 1,824 #149
1986 1,733 11 1,744 #162
1985 1,837 10 1,847 #155
1984 1,825 9 1,834 #155
1983 1,914 10 1,924 #150
1982 2,009 8 2,017 #146
1981 1,958 10 1,968 #144
1980 1,928 7 1,935 #147
1979 2,053 7 2,060 #138
1978 2,176 10 2,186 #130
1977 2,197 11 2,208 #129
1976 2,115 6 2,121 #129
1975 2,346 7 2,353 #119
1974 2,471 8 2,479 #118
1973 2,569 11 2,580 #116
1972 2,992 13 3,005 #110
1971 3,609 7 3,616 #104
1970 4,518 13 4,531 #84
1969 5,129 17 5,146 #71
1968 5,538 16 5,554 #61
1967 5,719 26 5,745 #60
1966 6,121 20 6,141 #60
1965 6,965 22 6,987 #58
1964 8,066 26 8,092 #56
1963 8,124 32 8,156 #56
1962 9,692 28 9,720 #46
1961 10,509 25 10,534 #42
1960 9,403 25 9,428 #43
1959 9,727 33 9,760 #42
1958 10,814 32 10,846 #37
1957 11,575 25 11,600 #33
1956 10,634 32 10,666 #33
1955 11,179 31 11,210 #30
1954 12,153 30 12,183 #27
1953 12,919 30 12,949 #25
1952 14,272 38 14,310 #24
1951 15,206 35 15,241 #22
1950 15,588 25 15,613 #20
1949 17,404 29 17,433 #17
1948 18,623 40 18,663 #14
1947 20,742 46 20,788 #15
1946 19,902 47 19,949 #12
1945 17,244 50 17,294 #12
1944 18,670 69 18,739 #11
1943 20,365 76 20,441 #11
1942 19,978 60 20,038 #10
1941 16,273 60 16,333 #11
1940 12,657 46 12,703 #15
1939 11,290 41 11,331 #14
1938 10,586 40 10,626 #15
1937 8,941 44 8,985 #20
1936 7,906 30 7,936 #23
1935 6,967 23 6,990 #28
1934 6,472 22 6,494 #33
1933 5,043 19 5,062 #40
1932 4,587 14 4,601 #46
1931 4,008 17 4,025 #60
1930 3,725 20 3,745 #72
1929 3,272 10 3,282 #77
1928 2,847 9 2,856 #91
1927 2,806 8 2,814 #99
1926 2,415 — 2,415 #114
1925 2,189 9 2,198 #127
1924 2,222 5 2,227 #127
1923 2,010 7 2,017 #132
1922 1,706 — 1,706 #144
1921 1,753 — 1,753 #146
1920 1,556 — 1,556 #150
1919 1,330 — 1,330 #165
1918 1,329 — 1,329 #167
1917 1,223 5 1,228 #164
1916 1,216 — 1,216 #163
1915 1,096 10 1,106 #168
1914 835 — 835 #169
1913 676 — 676 #170
1912 517 — 517 #189
1911 387 — 387 #185
1910 331 — 331 #199
1909 299 — 299 #194
1908 280 — 280 #200
1907 184 — 184 #255
1906 184 — 184 #235
1905 210 — 210 #213
1904 183 — 183 #227
1903 157 — 157 #241
1902 179 — 179 #225
1901 148 — 148 #237
1900 185 — 185 #231
1899 141 — 141 #231
1898 169 — 169 #225
1897 145 — 145 #227
1896 149 — 149 #227
1895 148 — 148 #227
1894 147 — 147 #219
1893 146 — 146 #211
1892 122 — 122 #239
1891 110 — 110 #230
1890 124 — 124 #217
1889 133 — 133 #199
1888 123 — 123 #203
1887 97 — 97 #208
1886 82 — 82 #222
1885 86 — 86 #208
1884 75 — 75 #218
1883 58 — 58 #234
1882 62 — 62 #217
1881 60 — 60 #195
1880 80 — 80 #163