Carolyn Girl Name
Baby Girl Names > Starting With C > Carolyn
The name Carolyn is of Italian origin, and is a feminine form of Charles.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carolyn 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.
| Use of the Name Carolyn for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 549,101 | 191,839 | 35,570 | 9,478 | 4,109 | 1,412 | 716 |
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 163 | 80 | ||
| 1881 | 195 | 60 | ||
| 1882 | 218 | 62 | ||
| 1883 | 234 | 59 | ||
| 1884 | 218 | 75 | ||
| 1885 | 209 | 86 | ||
| 1886 | 219 | 83 | ||
| 1887 | 208 | 97 | ||
| 1888 | 203 | 123 | ||
| 1889 | 199 | 133 | ||
| 1890 | 217 | 124 | ||
| 1891 | 230 | 110 | ||
| 1892 | 239 | 122 | ||
| 1893 | 211 | 146 | ||
| 1894 | 219 | 147 | ||
| 1895 | 227 | 149 | ||
| 1896 | 227 | 149 | ||
| 1897 | 227 | 145 | ||
| 1898 | 225 | 169 | ||
| 1899 | 231 | 141 | ||
| 1900 | 230 | 187 | ||
| 1901 | 236 | 149 | ||
| 1902 | 224 | 180 | ||
| 1903 | 240 | 157 | ||
| 1904 | 226 | 184 | ||
| 1905 | 212 | 211 | ||
| 1906 | 235 | 184 | ||
| 1907 | 256 | 183 | ||
| 1908 | 200 | 279 | ||
| 1909 | 193 | 300 | ||
| 1910 | 199 | 331 | ||
| 1911 | 186 | 384 | ||
| 1912 | 188 | 516 | ||
| 1913 | 170 | 676 | ||
| 1914 | 168 | 834 | ||
| 1915 | 167 | 1,101 | ||
| 1916 | 163 | 1,215 | ||
| 1917 | 164 | 1,224 | ||
| 1918 | 166 | 1,333 | ||
| 1919 | 166 | 1,326 | ||
| 1920 | 150 | 1,553 | ||
| 1921 | 145 | 1,754 | ||
| 1922 | 144 | 1,707 | ||
| 1923 | 132 | 2,004 | ||
| 1924 | 127 | 2,225 | ||
| 1925 | 127 | 2,193 | ||
| 1926 | 114 | 2,412 | ||
| 1927 | 99 | 2,809 | ||
| 1928 | 91 | 2,846 | ||
| 1929 | 77 | 3,274 | ||
| 1930 | 72 | 3,720 | ||
| 1931 | 60 | 4,005 | ||
| 1932 | 46 | 4,585 | ||
| 1933 | 40 | 5,045 | ||
| 1934 | 33 | 6,473 | ||
| 1935 | 28 | 6,961 | ||
| 1936 | 23 | 7,906 | ||
| 1937 | 20 | 8,940 | 941 | 44 |
| 1938 | 15 | 10,580 | ||
| 1939 | 14 | 11,295 | ||
| 1940 | 15 | 12,670 | 940 | 46 |
| 1941 | 11 | 16,274 | 825 | 59 |
| 1942 | 10 | 19,992 | 833 | 61 |
| 1943 | 11 | 20,298 | 741 | 76 |
| 1944 | 11 | 18,663 | 746 | 69 |
| 1945 | 12 | 17,238 | 882 | 51 |
| 1946 | 12 | 19,831 | ||
| 1947 | 15 | 20,732 | ||
| 1948 | 14 | 18,615 | ||
| 1949 | 17 | 17,387 | ||
| 1950 | 20 | 15,581 | ||
| 1951 | 22 | 15,174 | ||
| 1952 | 24 | 14,259 | ||
| 1953 | 25 | 12,893 | ||
| 1954 | 27 | 12,154 | ||
| 1955 | 30 | 11,174 | ||
| 1956 | 33 | 10,630 | ||
| 1957 | 33 | 11,578 | ||
| 1958 | 37 | 10,801 | ||
| 1959 | 42 | 9,734 | ||
| 1960 | 43 | 9,410 | ||
| 1961 | 42 | 10,483 | ||
| 1962 | 46 | 9,687 | ||
| 1963 | 56 | 8,139 | ||
| 1964 | 55 | 8,072 | ||
| 1965 | 58 | 6,971 | ||
| 1966 | 60 | 6,120 | ||
| 1967 | 60 | 5,731 | ||
| 1968 | 61 | 5,543 | ||
| 1969 | 71 | 5,134 | ||
| 1970 | 84 | 4,520 | ||
| 1971 | 104 | 3,610 | ||
| 1972 | 110 | 2,994 | ||
| 1973 | 116 | 2,579 | ||
| 1974 | 118 | 2,478 | ||
| 1975 | 119 | 2,343 | ||
| 1976 | 129 | 2,116 | ||
| 1977 | 129 | 2,194 | ||
| 1978 | 130 | 2,173 | ||
| 1979 | 138 | 2,055 | ||
| 1980 | 147 | 1,923 | ||
| 1981 | 144 | 1,962 | ||
| 1982 | 145 | 2,010 | ||
| 1983 | 150 | 1,908 | ||
| 1984 | 155 | 1,817 | ||
| 1985 | 155 | 1,838 | ||
| 1986 | 162 | 1,726 | ||
| 1987 | 148 | 1,814 | ||
| 1988 | 159 | 1,797 | ||
| 1989 | 159 | 1,809 | ||
| 1990 | 169 | 1,713 | ||
| 1991 | 193 | 1,559 | ||
| 1992 | 196 | 1,517 | ||
| 1993 | 200 | 1,471 | ||
| 1994 | 231 | 1,228 | ||
| 1995 | 243 | 1,170 | ||
| 1996 | 233 | 1,207 | ||
| 1997 | 276 | 1,059 | ||
| 1998 | 327 | 900 | ||
| 1999 | 298 | 1,033 | ||
| 2000 | 308 | 1,024 | ||
| 2001 | 348 | 862 | ||
| 2002 | 366 | 811 | ||
| 2003 | 429 | 696 | ||
| 2004 | 420 | 716 | ||
| Totals: | 549,101 | 406 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Carolyn as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
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