Feminine dossier · first seen 1917

Carolynn

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

169

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1917Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

78.1%

2024

All-time

6,404

Carolynn 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 1942, when 169 girls were named Carolynn.

In 2024, only 37 girls were given the name.

Down 78.1% from its peak.

All told, about 6,404 Americans have been named Carolynn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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