Caroline

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #96in 2025
  • 1 in 607girls in 2025
  • −32%last ten years
  • 4.4×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1881. Quieter now: down 32% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,7193,43718801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Caroline, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,363
18813,437
18822,819
18832,858
18842,945
18852,999
18862,560
18872,726
18882,564
18892,753
18902,390
18912,167
18922,242
18932,269
18942,122
18952,072
18961,837
18971,947
18981,704
18991,687
19001,518
19011,696
19021,712
19031,485
19041,558
19051,396
19061,385
19071,372
19081,343
19091,276
19101,395
19111,315
19121,407
19131,289
19141,299
19151,425
19161,326
19171,265
19181,259
19191,147
19201,198
19211,156
19221,057
19231,081
19241,043
1925980
19261,027
1927979
19281,031
19291,068
19301,030
19311,057
19321,034
19331,042
19341,024
1935999
19361,033
19371,028
19381,010
1939916
19401,015
1941971
19421,029
1943970
1944914
1945775
1946694
1947649
1948636
1949585
1950513
1951510
1952494
1953470
1954397
1955379
1956350
1957556
1958492
1959516
1960598
19611,089
19621,011
1963876
19641,111
19651,028
1966917
1967878
1968860
1969801
1970784
1971730
1972704
1973763
1974815
1975845
1976835
1977785
1978854
1979843
1980791
1981834
1982908
1983887
1984970
19851,018
19861,050
19871,177
19881,306
19891,443
19901,485
19911,516
19921,722
19931,704
19941,933
19952,160
19962,548
19972,550
19982,420
19992,522
20002,765
20012,701
20022,592
20032,509
20042,385
20052,151
20061,994
20071,773
20081,875
20091,973
20101,890
20111,916
20121,943
20132,270
20142,434
20152,427
20162,504
20172,487
20182,450
20192,336
20202,081
20211,953
20221,847
20231,787
20241,685
20251,646

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 4.4×
  2. Alabama 3.3×
  3. Mississippi 2.7×
  4. Arkansas 2.7×
  5. West Virginia 2.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,646
Rank in 2025
#96
How rare
1 in 607 girls
Since 1880
250,410

Most popular in 1881, at 3,437 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 32% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia4.4×50
Alabama3.3×310
Mississippi2.7×126
Arkansas2.7×144
West Virginia2.4×64

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.