Caraline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-uh-line
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Caraline is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Caraline mean?
Germanic: spelling of Caroline, via Latin Carolus
“free man”
A variant spelling of Caroline, the feminine of Carolus, the Latin form of Charles.
Is Caraline a girl's or a boy's name?
Caraline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caraline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Caraline, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Caraline than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Caraline in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caraline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Caraline
Names like Caraline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Brooklyn Teagan Kennedy Caroline Brynlee Brielle Mckenna Maeve Adalynn Coraline Brynn
Names related to Caraline
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caraline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caraline, updated 20 October 2026.