Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Carolyn

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

Endangered Down 99% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

20,741

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99%

2024

206

All-time

556,593

Carolyn once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 20,741 girls were named Carolyn.

In 2024, only 206 girls were given the name.

Down 99% from its peak.

All told, about 556,593 Americans have been named Carolyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99% from peak

194720,741 girls named Carolyn

2024206 girls named Carolyn

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