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.

Karoline

#2,917 most common girls' name of all time · #5,004 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among girls
#2,917
Rank overall
#5,004 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
3,862
Since 2016
1,036
Peak year
2017 #1,573
Best rank
#1,573 2017
Girls Boys peak 139/yr
192019401960198020002020

Karoline first appears in 1915. 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
2025 119 — 119 #1,713
2024 102 — 102 #1,946
2023 83 — 83 #2,248
2022 84 — 84 #2,233
2021 88 — 88 #2,136
2020 72 — 72 #2,422
2019 118 — 118 #1,749
2018 105 — 105 #1,905
2017 139 — 139 #1,573
2016 126 — 126 #1,696
2015 133 — 133 #1,613
2014 107 — 107 #1,879
2013 114 — 114 #1,797
2012 92 — 92 #2,083
2011 87 — 87 #2,175
2010 94 — 94 #2,097
2009 87 — 87 #2,250
2008 79 — 79 #2,428
2007 77 — 77 #2,441
2006 73 — 73 #2,520
2005 75 — 75 #2,362
2004 72 — 72 #2,374
2003 71 — 71 #2,350
2002 77 — 77 #2,162
2001 85 — 85 #1,997
2000 72 — 72 #2,192
1999 70 — 70 #2,160
1998 55 — 55 #2,509
1997 64 — 64 #2,164
1996 75 — 75 #1,919
1995 52 — 52 #2,465
1994 43 — 43 #2,806
1993 33 — 33 #3,365
1992 40 — 40 #2,929
1991 49 — 49 #2,525
1990 38 — 38 #2,978
1989 36 — 36 #2,998
1988 30 — 30 #3,241
1987 20 — 20 #4,153
1986 15 — 15 #5,017
1985 29 — 29 #3,106
1984 17 — 17 #4,356
1983 22 — 22 #3,586
1982 16 — 16 #4,574
1981 23 — 23 #3,556
1980 22 — 22 #3,636
1979 25 — 25 #3,269
1978 21 — 21 #3,544
1977 27 — 27 #2,933
1976 17 — 17 #3,858
1975 18 — 18 #3,669
1974 17 — 17 #3,746
1973 22 — 22 #3,047
1972 22 — 22 #2,999
1971 26 — 26 #2,759
1970 30 — 30 #2,481
1969 20 — 20 #3,040
1968 19 — 19 #3,005
1967 20 — 20 #2,813
1966 19 — 19 #2,877
1965 30 — 30 #2,175
1964 34 — 34 #2,051
1963 18 — 18 #2,998
1962 29 — 29 #2,227
1961 27 — 27 #2,321
1960 15 — 15 #3,266
1959 14 — 14 #3,324
1958 10 — 10 #4,034
1957 12 — 12 #3,588
1956 8 — 8 #4,594
1955 10 — 10 #3,900
1954 6 — 6 #5,366
1953 6 — 6 #5,247
1952 10 — 10 #3,672
1951 8 — 8 #4,169
1950 10 — 10 #3,552
1949 5 — 5 #5,560
1948 11 — 11 #3,262
1947 7 — 7 #4,510
1945 8 — 8 #3,549
1942 10 — 10 #3,116
1941 10 — 10 #2,966
1940 7 — 7 #3,706
1939 7 — 7 #3,635
1937 6 — 6 #4,051
1936 5 — 5 #4,521
1932 5 — 5 #4,758
1931 9 — 9 #3,157
1929 6 — 6 #4,367
1928 5 — 5 #5,087
1924 8 — 8 #3,900
1920 5 — 5 #5,363
1918 5 — 5 #5,192
1916 7 — 7 #3,859
1915 6 — 6 #4,194