Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Carolina

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carolina
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2004

Peak rank proxy

1,270

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20042024

Peak year

2004

Decline from peak

43.6%

2024

716

All-time

47,196

Carolina has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2004, when 1,270 girls were named Carolina.

In 2024, only 716 girls were given the name.

Down 43.6% from its peak.

All told, about 47,196 Americans have been named Carolina and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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