Karoline

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karoline: Recorded since 1949, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #5 in 1993, and it stood at #223 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
77years from first to last
#5highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
10names it appears alongside

What stands out in Karoline's record

Held a top-100 place for 31 years running. Names by top-100 run
Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence
Shares a published list with another name across 64 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3409
2010	#5707
2011	#4764

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 64 of the 77 years from 1949 to 2025.

In 2011: #67 among girls in Norway, #4764 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1949–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #387 among girls in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1949–2025
Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in Norway, in 1993 (recorded 1949–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #223 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Karoline appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 64 years beginning in 1949, and has registered 7,461 births with the name.

Karoline across 2 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.

Karoline'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	#387 (1949)	#5 (1993)	#223 (2025)	64 of 77	7,461 (1949–2025)	412 (1993)
England and Wales · Girls	#3409 (2002)	#3409 (2002)	#4764 (2011)	3 of 10	11 (2002–2011)	4 (2002)

Karoline 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 Karoline in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	41	7 of 10	6
1970s	206	10 of 10	21
1980s	1,308	10 of 10	131
1990sbusiest	3,417	10 of 10	342
2000s	1,572	10 of 10	157
2010s	760	10 of 10	76
2020s	153	6 of 10	26

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 342 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1987 and 1988, when recorded births rose by 126, from 162 to 288.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Karoline 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 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Norway in 1993.

Karoline'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
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#223	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#234	18	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#161	31	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#175	26	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#175	25	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#144	34	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#115	47	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#125	46	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#119	50	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#129	46	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#73	89	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#98	64	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#67	102	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#67	100	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#67	98	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#54	118	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#52	129	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#51	118	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#55	122	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#55	123	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#39	168	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#37	168	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#48	135	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#40	166	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#28	217	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#27	226	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#25	252	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#22	276	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#20	293	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#18	311	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#12	349	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#7	406	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#5	412	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#10	339	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#9	375	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#7	404	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#9	335	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#14	288	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#48	162	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#64	109	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#74	100	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#101	69	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#105	67	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#104	63	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#113	58	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#118	57	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#170	33	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#148	41	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#255	18	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#205	25	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#174	31	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#279	16	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#376	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#326	12	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#336	11	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#382	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#323	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#523	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#503	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#475	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#410	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#446	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#442	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#387	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	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 1949 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #5, first reached in 1993.

It held a top-100 place in 31 years, 31 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 412 births, registered in Norway in 1993.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 53 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.

Karol · #75, 50y
Karolina · #114, 51y
Karolis · #257, 30y
Karson · #304, 22y

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.

Anette · #5, 69y
Selma · #5, 67y
Shauna · #6, 60y
Aisling · #8, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alma · #5, 72y
Anette · #5, 69y
Arne · #5, 81y
Elizabeth · #5, 81y

Comparisons involving Karoline

Existing comparison pages where Karoline and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Karoline in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Karoline vs Cathrine
Over 53 shared years in Norway · Girls, Karoline rose about as far as Cathrine fell — from #442 and #235 in 1960 to #144 and #478 in 2020.
Karoline · Cathrine · 53 shared years, 1960–2020 · Mirrored each other
See the 2020 Norway ranking
Monica vs Karoline
Over 53 shared years in Norway · Girls, Karoline rose about as far as Monica fell — from #268 and #387 in 1949 to #542 and #119 in 2017.
Monica · Karoline · 53 shared years, 1949–2017 · Mirrored each other
See the 2017 Norway ranking
Karoline vs Jeanette
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Girls, Karoline rose about as far as Jeanette fell — from #387 and #342 in 1949 to #98 and #522 in 2014.
Karoline · Jeanette · 51 shared years, 1949–2014 · Mirrored each other
See the 2014 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Karoline and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Linn vs Karoline
In 1990, Karoline moved ahead of Linn in Norway · Girls — #6 and #9 the year before became #9 and #7.
Linn · Karoline · 62 shared years, 1961–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1990 Norway ranking
Karoline vs Amalie
In 1996, Amalie moved ahead of Karoline in Norway · Girls — #12 and #29 the year before became #18 and #8.
Karoline · Amalie · 45 shared years, 1978–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1996 Norway ranking
Karoline vs Leah
In Norway · Girls, Leah moved into the top 50 at #22 in 2006 as Karoline fell out of it to #55, having been #39 the year before.
Karoline · Leah · 40 shared years, 1982–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2006 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Karoline measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Karoline at its highest position.

Karoline vs Siv
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Girls, Karoline rose about as far as Siv fell — from #387 and #278 in 1949 to #161 and #530 in 2023.
Karoline · Siv · 51 shared years, 1949–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Karoline vs Maren
Karoline and Maren changed places 18 times in Norway · Girls between 1949 and 2025, ending at #223 and #199.
Karoline · Maren · 63 shared years, 1949–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Karoline vs Marte
Karoline and Marte changed places 12 times in Norway · Girls between 1949 and 2025, ending at #223 and #480.
Karoline · Marte · 64 shared years, 1949–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Karoline was ranked #5 in Norway · Girls in 1993. 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.

Karoline 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 Karoline without appearing here.

Karoline moved ahead of

Grace Compare
In 1973 they stood at #376 and #373 in Norway · Girls; by 1974 that had become #279 and #544.
Deborah Compare
In 1971 they stood at #475 and #458 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #326 and #586.
Teresa Compare
In 1973 they stood at #376 and #302 in Norway · Girls; by 1974 that had become #279 and #526.
Jessica Compare
In 1977 they stood at #255 and #196 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #148 and #297.

Moved ahead of Karoline

Hannah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #73 and #81 in Norway · Girls; by 2016 that had become #129 and #64.
Maya Compare
In 2015 they stood at #73 and #94 in Norway · Girls; by 2016 that had become #129 and #66.
Hennie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #73 and #129 in Norway · Girls; by 2016 that had become #129 and #74.
Lily Compare
In 2020 they stood at #144 and #162 in Norway · Girls; by 2021 that had become #175 and #122.

Moved the opposite way to Karoline

Anita Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 while Anita went from #108 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Annie Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 while Annie went from #151 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 while Åse went from #24 to #93.

Moved the same way as Karoline

Ada Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 and Ada from #215 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 and Alma from #377 to #8.
Anna Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 and Anna from #49 to #23.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1949 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karoline went from #387 to #223 and Charlotte from #381 to #162.

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 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Norway in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karoline

Karoline at a glance

What stands out in Karoline's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karoline across 2 official records

Karoline by decade in Norway · Girls

Karoline appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Karoline

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Karoline

Karoline and the names beside it

Karoline moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karoline

Moved the opposite way to Karoline

Moved the same way as Karoline

Karoline at a glance

What stands out in Karoline's record

Karoline across 2 official records

Karoline by decade in Norway · Girls

Karoline appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Karoline

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Karoline

Karoline and the names beside it

Karoline moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karoline

Moved the opposite way to Karoline

Moved the same way as Karoline