Carolina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Carolina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Carolina: Recorded since 1962, it reached #302 in 1984, and it stood at #462 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#302highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1234
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#1475
2001	#1728
2002	#1104
2003	#1176
2004	#1312
2005	#1082
2006	#1243
2007	#1020
2008	#1065
2009	#932
2010	#1218
2011	#1438
2012	#1253
2013	#1177
2014	#940
2015	#845
2016	#1057
2017	#1063
2018	#1013
2019	#996
2020	#969
2021	#1039
2022	#1282
2023	#1169
2024	#1491

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 40 of the 64 years from 1962 to 2025.

In 2025: #462 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1962–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #489 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1962–2025
Highest recorded position: #302 among girls in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1962–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #462 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Carolina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1962, and has registered 303 births with the name.

Carolina across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Carolina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#489 (1962)	#302 (1984)	#462 (2025)	40 of 64	303 (1962–2025)	15 (1984)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#372 (1964)	#718 (2025)	17 of 62	70 (1964–2025)	6 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#845 (2015)	#1491 (2024)	29 of 29	725 (1996–2024)	44 (2015)

Carolina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Carolina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970s	62	8 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	99	9 of 10	11
1990s	72	10 of 10	7
2000s	25	4 of 10	6
2010s	26	5 of 10	5
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Carolina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1962 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #302 in Norway in 1984.

Carolina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1169	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#969	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#996	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1063	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#845	44	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#940	39	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#932	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1020	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#462	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#416	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#526	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#510	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#474	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#513	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#450	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#482	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#498	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#492	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#460	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#621	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#436	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#341	12	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#638	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#385	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#346	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#480	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#387	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#431	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#302	15	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#316	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#444	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#350	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#365	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#378	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#349	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#341	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#492	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#539	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#442	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#474	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#508	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#489	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1962 and 2025, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #302, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Carol · #19, 70y
Carole · #162, 35y
Caroline · #3, 69y
Carolyn · #32, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lidia · #304, 58y
Margarita · #291, 62y
Karim · #314, 59y
Andres · #288, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Amanuel · #302, 43y
Cicilie · #302, 24y
Rana · #302, 49y
Lourda · #303, 10y

Carolina was ranked #302 in Norway · Girls in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Carolina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Carolina without appearing here.

Carolina moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1169 and #2689.
Lorraine Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1312 and #1312 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1082 and #2438.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1728 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1104 and #2301.
Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1728 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1104 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Carolina

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #1107.
Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1176 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1312 and #736.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1169 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1491 and #952.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #996 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #969 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Carolina

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Carolina

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carolina went from #372 to #718 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1962 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #302 in Norway in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carolina

Carolina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carolina across 3 official records

Carolina by decade in Norway · Girls

Carolina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Carolina

Carolina and the names beside it

Carolina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carolina

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Carolina at a glance

Carolina across 3 official records

Carolina by decade in Norway · Girls

Carolina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Carolina

Carolina and the names beside it

Carolina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carolina

Moved the opposite way to Carolina

Moved the same way as Carolina