Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Caroline

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Beautiful Woman
French
Free man

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Caroline

Famous People

First daughter Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Princess Caroline of Monaco

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Katie Couric, Daughter of John F. Kennedy, Daughter of Grace Kelly, Daughter of Rudy Giuliani

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #2246, 30 births); most recent 2014 (rank #10669, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #65, 5,021 births); most recent 2025 (rank #96, 2,646 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–2,646
2024–2,720
2023–2,868
2022–3,029
2021–3,202
2020–3,362
2019–3,919
2018–4,167
2017–4,294
2016–4,437

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #182, 242 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1271, 25 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202525
202423
202335
202231
202130
202027
201930
201835
201733
201656

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1978 (rank #11, 6,253 births); most recent 2023 (rank #974, 38 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202338
202246
202153
202064
201975
201880
201789
201676
2015100
2014117

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #3, 647 births); most recent 2025 (rank #379, 10 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202510
20247
20235
20228
20219
20209
20195
201812
201713
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #19, 396 births); most recent 2019 (rank #765, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #112, 19 births); most recent 2015 (rank #358, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1961 (rank #77, 57 births); most recent 2023 (rank #514, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20236
20225
202112
20206
20196
20188
201714
201612
201513
201415

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence