Is Carolina a boy or girl name?
Carolina is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 716 girls and 0 boys were named Carolina, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 47,333 US babies named Carolina were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #428
- Babies named Carolina since 1880
- 47,333
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 1,270 babies
Boys and girls named Carolina, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 179 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 249 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 375 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 817 | 100% |
| 1920s | 11 | 1,347 | 99.2% |
| 1930s | 6 | 1,069 | 99.4% |
| 1940s | 11 | 1,102 | 99% |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,103 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,787 | 100% |
| 1970s | 7 | 2,594 | 99.7% |
| 1980s | 65 | 4,756 | 98.7% |
| 1990s | 37 | 9,847 | 99.6% |
| 2000s | 0 | 11,073 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 7,498 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 3,400 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 716 | #428 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 728 | #423 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 664 | #477 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 608 | #511 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 684 | #450 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 756 | #414 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 740 | #420 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 722 | #439 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 775 | #421 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 732 | #431 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 787 | #407 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 712 | #428 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 723 | #432 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 729 | #430 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 822 | #388 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 828 | #387 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 925 | #357 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 1,020 | #329 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 1,196 | #280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 1,133 | #291 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 1,270 | #254 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 1,216 | #262 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 1,074 | #289 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 1,207 | #265 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 1,204 | #267 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 1,036 | #298 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 1,011 | #299 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 1,073 | #272 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,207 | 1,054 | #275 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,940 | 988 | #280 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,992 | 1,049 | #268 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,766 | 949 | #292 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 917 | #304 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,026 | 860 | #314 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,506 | 910 | #302 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,474 | 794 | #320 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 524 | #434 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,206 | 481 | #458 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,915 | 466 | #461 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,378 | 404 | #504 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 377 | #515 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,591 | 422 | #473 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,278 | 398 | #507 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,412 | 435 | #484 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,617 | 455 | #467 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,917 | 437 | #462 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 399 | #486 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 269 | #624 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 248 | #627 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 247 | #634 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 199 | #722 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 227 | #655 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 166 | #813 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 189 | #769 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 213 | #718 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 173 | #777 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 185 | #716 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 161 | #780 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 193 | #705 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 194 | #705 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 227 | #677 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 173 | #787 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 171 | #797 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 167 | #814 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 143 | #865 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,061 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 105 | #1,012 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 127 | #903 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 107 | #979 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 103 | #984 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 109 | #922 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 126 | #826 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 108 | #888 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 113 | #840 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 104 | #869 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 115 | #813 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 114 | #810 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 128 | #759 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 119 | #750 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 114 | #697 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,156 | 124 | #664 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 131 | #663 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 81 | #853 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,572 | 98 | #708 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 78 | #803 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 95 | #698 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 101 | #682 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 107 | #658 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 94 | #686 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,313 | 97 | #675 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 104 | #656 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 117 | #598 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 112 | #633 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 110 | #632 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 132 | #600 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,609 | 153 | #551 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 145 | #587 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 125 | #643 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 120 | #660 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 145 | #602 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,445 | 144 | #626 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 128 | #654 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 118 | #672 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 137 | #629 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 132 | #623 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 109 | #666 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 98 | #725 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 102 | #677 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 111 | #642 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 100 | #662 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 77 | #661 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 58 | #679 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 63 | #621 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 56 | #573 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 43 | #646 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 39 | #624 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 45 | #558 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 33 | #654 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 44 | #520 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 30 | #643 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 44 | #494 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 32 | #575 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 31 | #594 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 37 | #500 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 40 | #533 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 15 | #844 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 24 | #666 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 17 | #763 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 28 | #578 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 35 | #493 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 34 | #487 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 24 | #576 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 28 | #510 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 21 | #574 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 23 | #549 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 27 | #477 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 24 | #513 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 19 | #514 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 25 | #432 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 18 | #504 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 13 | #588 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 20 | #423 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 10 | #601 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 10 | #544 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 13 | #470 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Carolina reached #3,156 in 1944. As a girl name, it reached #254 in 2004. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Carolina
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.