Karolina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karolina: Recorded every year since 1974, it reached #114 in 1988, and it stood at #736 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
108times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#114highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Karolina's record

Ranked every year since 1974, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
1998	#1823
2000	#1688
2001	#2023
2002	#1928
2003	#1552
2004	#1952
2005	#1045
2006	#649
2007	#487
2008	#618
2009	#425
2010	#485
2011	#530
2012	#475
2013	#554
2014	#652
2015	#625
2016	#585
2017	#740
2018	#701
2019	#761
2020	#1065
2021	#1866
2022	#1556
2023	#1774
2024	#2574

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1974 to 2021.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2574 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #399 among girls in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2021
Highest recorded position: #114 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1974–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Karolina appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 1,300 births with the name.

Karolina across 4 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.

Karolina'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	#399 (1974)	#114 (1988)	#443 (2021)	48 of 48	1,300 (1974–2021)	67 (1993)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#425 (2009)	#2574 (2024)	28 of 29	1,161 (1996–2024)	98 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#177 (2009)	#736 (2024)	22 of 22	302 (2003–2024)	34 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#318 (2005)	#237 (2010)	#426 (2015)	10 of 11	46 (2005–2015)	8 (2010)

Karolina 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 Karolina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	68	6 of 10	11
1980sbusiest	485	10 of 10	49
1990s	438	10 of 10	44
2000s	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	120	10 of 10	12
2020s	17	2 of 10	9

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 49 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Karolina 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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #114 in Norway in 1988.

Karolina'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#761	50	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#701	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#740	54	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#585	72	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#625	66	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#652	61	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#554	74	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#475	94	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#530	79	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#485	83	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#425	98	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#618	60	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#487	80	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#649	49	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#309	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#355	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#392	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#347	13	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#393	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#319	14	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#365	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#289	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#383	11	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#325	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#273	19	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#251	22	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#326	14	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#394	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#239	22	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#313	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#298	14	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#198	27	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#219	22	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#232	20	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#195	28	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#151	45	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#163	39	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#129	56	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#122	67	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#128	58	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#138	54	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#151	49	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#127	62	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#114	65	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#138	50	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#129	52	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#129	53	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#122	54	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#156	39	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#135	50	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#189	30	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#187	30	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#234	21	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#340	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#375	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#404	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#466	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#399	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	20	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	24	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	23	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	34	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	32	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	26	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1974 and 2024, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #114, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 98 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 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.

Karmen · #1854, 25y
Karol · #75, 50y
Karoline · #5, 64y
Karolis · #257, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Dawid · #122, 49y
Alvin · #126, 50y
Lloyd · #99, 55y
Szymon · #99, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Lana · #114, 43y
Lin · #114, 33y
Lyndsey · #112, 36y
Siofra · #116, 48y

Karolina was ranked #114 in Norway · Girls in 1988. 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.

Karolina 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 Karolina without appearing here.

Karolina moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2738 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3912.
Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1823 and #1392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3247.
Freddie Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2738 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3247.
Helene Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Karolina

Ezra Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1065 and #1164 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #983.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1065 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1069.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #761 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Karolina

Maia Compare
Between 1979 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Karolina went from #234 to #443 while Maia went from #584 to #118.
Oda Compare
Between 1979 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Karolina went from #234 to #443 while Oda went from #648 to #53.
Pauline Compare
Between 1980 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Karolina went from #187 to #443 while Pauline went from #645 to #345.
Mila Compare
Between 1981 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Karolina went from #189 to #443 while Mila went from #653 to #82.

Moved the same way as Karolina

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karolina went from #1688 to #2574 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Katrina Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karolina went from #414 to #736 and Katrina from #511 to #898.
Laila Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karolina went from #414 to #736 and Laila from #414 to #736.
Audrey Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karolina went from #424 to #736 and Audrey from #461 to #898.

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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #114 in Norway in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karolina

Karolina at a glance

What stands out in Karolina's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karolina across 4 official records

Karolina by decade in Norway · Girls

Karolina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Karolina and the names beside it

Karolina moved ahead of

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Karolina at a glance

What stands out in Karolina's record

Karolina across 4 official records

Karolina by decade in Norway · Girls

Karolina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Karolina

Karolina and the names beside it

Karolina moved ahead of

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