Girl name#524 of girl names
Carolina
Pronounced K EH2 R AH0 L AY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2004
- 145 years in use
How popular is Carolina?
Carolina is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 52,948 children — the 524th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 21% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2004, when 1,515 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EH2 R AH0 L AY1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 2010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Carolina
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Carolina
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Carolina?
- Carolina ranks 524th among girls' names in US records, with 52,948 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,572.
- Is Carolina a unisex name?
- No. Carolina is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Carolina most popular?
- 2004, when 1,515 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.