Caroline

“Variant of Charles — Free man” — Germanic, via French origin

Girl's name · #96 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Caroline has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #55 (2017) · 250,410 babies named Caroline all-time · 1 in 610 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 2,100 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,600 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Carolines

Caroline Wozniacki — Danish tennis player
Caroline Herschel — German-British astronomer (1750-1848)
Caroline Kennedy — American author and diplomat (born 1957)
Caroline of Ansbach — Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1737
Caroline Bonaparte — Queen of Naples and Sicily (1782-1839)

In stories & tradition

Caroline Reynolds — Prison Break
Caroline Forbes — The Vampire Diaries · Pilot
Caroline Spencer — The Bold and the Beautiful

What Carolines become

Among 3,745 notable people named Caroline:

Medical professionals appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Caroline Still Anderson, American physician, educator, and activist (1848–1919).

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