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Carolynn

Carolynn was most popular in 1942, when 169 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 3,409 for girls.

6,453babies since 1880
1942most popular year
#568best rank, 1942
#3,409rank in 2025

Babies named Carolynn each year in the US

Girls

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DecadeGirls
1910s21
1920s96
1930s435
1940s1,467
1950s1,000
1960s792
1970s540
1980s519
1990s454
2000s449
2010s440
2020s240

Carolynn in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Carolynn.

US England and Wales Scotland

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1942 1 in 7,992 #3,409
England and Wales 1947 1 in 13,761 n/a
Scotland 1980 1 in 6,341 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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