Caroline

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Caroline is a feminine given name, originally a French feminine form of the masculine name Charles. It has been in common use in the Anglosphere since the 1600s.

From Wikipedia

Caroline first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 5,022 babies (rank #65 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,720 girls (rank #92). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Caroline

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Caroline yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

248,055
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
5,022
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880306#75
1881316#73
1882304#85
1883321#86
1884380#78
1885399#78
1886370#92
1887398#84
1888458#89
1889491#84
1890455#94
1891402#100
1892476#100
1893483#99
1894473#103
1895484#105
1896437#110
1897456#112
1898441#122
1899393#124
1900455#135
1901406#125
1902452#126
1903389#141
1904429#136
1905407#146
1906409#144
1907437#151
1908449#150
1909443#157
1910553#146
1911550#146
1912785#139
1913805#149
1914989#148
19151,402#137
19161,385#144
19171,368#152
19181,458#154
19191,296#169
19201,436#159
19211,425#162
19221,269#176
19231,304#173
19241,302#175
19251,193#185
19261,217#174
19271,167#179
19281,189#175
19291,192#171
19301,160#172
19311,125#165
19321,103#174
19331,050#173
19341,069#174
19351,048#178
19361,075#177
19371,094#181
19381,115#182
19391,005#186
19401,161#172
19411,173#174
19421,390#168
19431,353#171
19441,212#178
19451,015#197
19461,090#214
19471,150#220
19481,080#226
19491,001#235
1950879#257
1951919#254
1952916#263
1953885#280
1954771#302
1955742#315
1956702#329
19571,137#253
1958990#282
19591,044#274
19601,209#254
19612,199#176
19621,989#186
19631,690#208
19642,106#179
19651,815#187
19661,551#202
19671,450#210
19681,412#215
19691,352#224
19701,371#229
19711,215#241
19721,071#251
19731,112#229
19741,197#212
19751,231#198
19761,224#197
19771,204#210
19781,308#201
19791,354#198
19801,313#200
19811,391#193
19821,537#178
19831,484#183
19841,632#168
19851,751#164
19861,802#157
19872,047#135
19882,326#122
19892,661#113
19902,819#116
19912,843#116
19923,176#105
19933,083#105
19943,452#94
19953,799#92
19964,466#78
19974,439#75
19984,276#75
19994,474#71
20005,022#65
20014,864#62
20024,657#67
20034,585#68
20044,379#74
20053,973#83
20063,791#89
20073,408#99
20083,543#94
20093,624#87
20103,360#88
20113,370#87
20123,420#80
20133,983#63
20144,347#59
20154,333#62
20164,437#56
20174,294#55
20184,167#56
20193,919#61
20203,362#71
20213,202#80
20223,029#77
20232,868#83
20242,720#92