Carolyne
Recorded 1882–2025 · United States
Carolyne was most popular in 1942, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,283 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,587 people named Carolyne.
Carolyne over time
How old is the name Carolyne?
Carolyne first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 125 of the 144 years since.
How many people are named Carolyne?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,587 American births named Carolyne between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,371 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Carolyne in 2025?
9 American babies were named Carolyne in 2025, ranking #17,163 that year.
Is Carolyne getting more or less popular?
Carolyne is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 9 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -63% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Carolyne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Carolyne is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,587 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Carolyne?
Roughly 2,371 Americans named Carolyne are alive today — 66% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 53 years old, and half are between 26 and 77. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Carolyne is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org