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Carolina
Pronounced /ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/
Rank in 2024
#428
Born in 2024
716
Peak year
2004 · #254
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 716 girls were named Carolina, about 1 in every 2,253.
- It peaked in 2004 with 1,270 babies, ranked #254.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 47,196 girls have been named Carolina since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Carolina per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,201 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 1,993 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,460 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,955 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,028 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16,467 babies, 0.57 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,624 babies, 0.42 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Carolus (“Charles”) + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Caroline. The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
- (countable) A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0.