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Carolyn
Pronounced /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1943 · #744
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:206 in 2024 (#1,166)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Carolyn in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1943 with 76 babies, ranked #744.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 1,620 boys have been named Carolyn since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Carolyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 650 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 609 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 201 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 116 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A variant of Caroline with -lyn.
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Carolyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.