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“Variant of Charles — Free man” — Germanic, via French origin
Girl's name · #405 in the US (2025) · Trending
Carolina is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #405 in 2025, with about 770 girls given the name last year. Roughly 48,000 have carried it all-time. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Karolina (#1267), Carolina would rank around #324 with about 950 births last year — the newborns split about 81/19 between Carolina and Karolina.
Around the world: #6 in Portugal (2023).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 1,132 notable people named Carolina:
Entertainers appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress.
Similar names: Carolyn · Serena · Katalina · Angelina · Esmeralda · Adelina
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