Girl name#181 of girl names
Caroline
Pronounced K EH1 R AH0 L AY2 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2000
- 145 years in use
How popular is Caroline?
Caroline is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 252,215 children — the 181st most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2000, when 5,147 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EH1 R AH0 L AY2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 102
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Caroline
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Caroline
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Caroline?
- Caroline ranks 181st among girls' names in US records, with 252,215 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 37,379.
- Is Caroline a unisex name?
- No. Caroline is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Caroline most popular?
- 2000, when 5,147 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.