The name Carolina is of Italian origin, and is a feminine form of Carolus.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carolina has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Carolina
Use of the Name Carolina for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
30,827
25,140
20,457
11,082
5,926
2,458
1,248
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carolina has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Carolina
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
470
13
1881
544
10
1882
602
10
1883
423
20
1884
589
13
1885
504
18
1886
432
25
1887
514
19
1888
513
24
1889
477
27
1890
549
23
1891
574
21
1892
510
28
1893
576
24
1894
487
34
1895
493
35
1896
578
28
1897
763
17
1898
666
24
1899
844
15
1900
534
40
1901
500
37
1902
594
31
1903
574
32
1904
494
44
1905
643
30
1906
520
44
1907
654
33
1908
559
45
1909
624
39
1910
644
43
1911
572
56
1912
619
63
1913
680
58
1914
665
76
1915
663
100
1916
641
111
1917
682
101
1918
725
98
1919
667
109
1920
623
132
1921
630
137
1922
671
118
1923
652
128
1924
627
143
1925
601
146
1926
662
119
1927
648
124
1928
588
143
1929
558
151
1930
604
131
1931
627
111
1932
627
113
1933
598
117
1934
656
104
1935
671
98
1936
692
93
1937
658
107
1938
681
101
1939
697
96
1940
802
78
1941
713
97
1942
846
82
1943
658
132
1944
660
125
1945
699
112
1946
753
118
1947
756
129
1948
816
113
1949
823
113
1950
869
104
1951
838
113
1952
887
108
1953
829
124
1954
923
109
1955
982
103
1956
982
107
1957
905
126
1958
1959
1960
873
141
1961
812
167
1962
802
169
1963
789
173
1964
678
227
1965
707
193
1966
707
192
1967
785
160
1968
722
183
1969
781
172
1970
718
211
1971
778
186
1972
815
165
1973
657
226
1974
723
198
1975
635
245
1976
628
247
1977
631
265
1978
489
396
1979
465
431
1980
470
451
1981
485
430
1982
511
392
1983
475
418
1984
515
375
1985
505
400
1986
464
461
1987
461
475
1988
436
520
1989
322
789
1990
302
909
1991
314
855
1992
305
911
1993
291
947
1994
269
1,042
1995
279
988
1996
274
1,053
1997
272
1,071
1998
299
1,010
1999
296
1,034
2000
267
1,201
2001
265
1,201
2002
291
1,066
2003
262
1,210
2004
254
1,248
Totals:
30,827
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Carolina as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Carolina appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 123 times during the last 125 years.